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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 436, Issue 3, Pages L53-L56Publisher
E D P SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200500122
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ISM : clouds; ISM : bubbles; stars : winds; outflows; Galaxy : solar neighbourhood
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We report deep, high spectral resolution WSRT HI 21 cm observations of four high latitude compact radio sources, that have revealed a new population of tiny, discrete clouds in the diffuse ISM, with peak optical depths tau similar to 0. 1- 2%, HI column densities of 0.4-8 x 10(18) cm cm(-2) and core temperatures of 20-80 K. Imaging detections confirm these low column densities and imply linear core dimensions of a few thousand AU, assuming a distance of 100 pc. The physical origin of these tiny HI structures and their distribution in the ISM is at present unknown. Further observations will be required to determine whether they are a ubiquitous component of the ISM.
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