Broad HCO+ absorption traces diffuse CO-dark H2 with f_mol=0.09, f_CNM=0.38, and CO abundance ≲10^{-5} relative to H2, undetected in CO emission or absorption below few×10^{19} cm^{-2}.
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CO-dark molecular gas traced by HCO$^+$ in the diffuse interstellar medium
Broad HCO+ absorption traces diffuse CO-dark H2 with f_mol=0.09, f_CNM=0.38, and CO abundance ≲10^{-5} relative to H2, undetected in CO emission or absorption below few×10^{19} cm^{-2}.