Bibcode
                                    
                            DOI
                                    
                            Trapero, Joaquin; Beckman, John E.; Genova, Ricardo; McKeith, Conal D.
    Referencia bibliográfica
                                    Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 394, no. 2, Aug. 1, 1992, p. 552-564.
Fecha de publicación:
    
                        8
            
                        1992
            
  Revista
                                    
                            Número de citas
                                    17
                            Número de citas referidas
                                    15
                            Descripción
                                    The K I 7699-A resonance absorption line was used to observe a group of
18 early-type stars within a 200-pc radius of the sun with a
signal-to-noise ratio of 50-250. The interstellar absorptions provide a
way to 'tag' a cloud via its radial velocity to within +/-1.5 km/s.
Based on the hypothesis of pressure confinement, the temperatures of the
clouds are estimated at 100 K or less. The mass fraction of the local
interstellar medium (LISM) is found to be high in these clouds, at least
80 percent of the total, whereas the filling factor is low, well below
10 percent of the total LISM volume. One cloud with high densities and
lower temperatures was detected which is thought to be on the edge of
atomic-molecular equilibrium.