Warm ionized gas in the local interstellar medium

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Reynolds, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Local interstellar medium; Milky way; Warm ionized gas

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; IONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM; MILKY WAY; OPTICAL EMISSION;

IONIZATION OF GASES;

IONOSPHERE;

EID: 2942748075     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.059     Document Type: Article

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