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Molecular Clouds Within 100 pc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Leo Blitz ,
Loris Magnani  and
Lee Mundy
Leo Blitz
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, University of Maryland
Loris Magnani
Affiliation:
Astronomy Program, University of Maryland
Lee Mundy
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Texas

Abstract

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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 we 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.

Type
The LISM at Infrared and Millimeter Wavelengths
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 81: Local Interstellar Medium , 1984 , pp. 229 - 234
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1984

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