Molecular clouds within 100 PC

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Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984nascp2345..231b&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Local Interstellar Medium, No. 81 p 231-234 (SEE N85-15539 06-90)

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Interstellar Matter, Milky Way Galaxy, Molecular Clouds, Velocity Distribution, Carbon Monoxide, Hydrogen, Line Spectra, Mapping

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Observations at the 2.6 mm line of CO reveal the presence of a large number of molecular clouds at high galactic latitude. If the velocity dispersion of the clouds is a measure of their scale height, the mean distance of the ensemble the authors have detected is 100 pc. The clouds are unusual in that either they are not gravitationally bound or they are very deficient in CO relative to molecular hydrogen. These clouds represent a heretofore unrecognized component of the local interstellar medium. If they are pervasive in the Milky Way, they probably represent the small molecular cloud component of the interstellar medium.

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