Место издания:”Nauka,” Glav. red. fiziko-matematicheskoi lit-ry, MOSCOW
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192 страниц
ISBN:5-02-014351-0
Аннотация:The monograph reviews and analyses various observational data on the local interstellar medium - a volume with a radius about 200 pc near the Sun. There are collected radio, IR-, optical, UV- and X-ray observations of the ISM and data on the Sco-Cen association. All available information confirms Weaver's (1979) conclusions that the Sun is located near an edge of a giant cavity with a radius of about 180 pc and the cavity coincides with the Sco-Cen association center. The outer rim of the cavity shows numerous very long H I filaments, while the close environment of the Sun is filled by warm H I which is a corona of the local cloud of the ISM. Several arguments are given to show that the bright spots of soft X rays near the Galactic poles are produced by an interaction of stellar winds with the outer edge of the local cloud. Various data show evidence that the North Polar Spur is a supernova remnant in the local cavity.