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Small Dust Grains and the Heating of HI Clouds

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RADIO observations of the 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen have indicated that the mean kinetic temperature of interstellar clouds is ∼100 K. Temperatures close to this value would seem to be valid for a large fraction, ∼75 per cent, of the mass of interstellar material within clouds.

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WICKRAMASINGHE, N. Small Dust Grains and the Heating of HI Clouds. Nature 227, 587–588 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227587a0

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