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Inhomogeneity within Local Interstellar Clouds

Redfield, Seth; Linsky, Jeffrey L.; Ryder, Diana +1 more

Analysis of interstellar absorption lines observed in high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope spectra of nearby stars provides temperatures, turbulent velocities, and kinetic properties of warm interstellar clouds. A new analysis of 97 interstellar-velocity components reveals a wide range of temperatures and turbulent velocities within the Local In…