Neutral hydrogen absorption by high-velocity clouds

1978 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. L95 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Payne ◽  
J. M. Dickey ◽  
E. E. Salpeter ◽  
Y. Terzian
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Hydrogen Absorption ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
High Velocity Clouds

scholarly journals Analysis of Low-and High-Resolution Observations of High-Velocity Clouds

1989 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 416-423
Author(s):  
Bart P. Wakker
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Galactic Rotation ◽  
Single Model ◽  
Neutral Gas ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
High Velocity Clouds ◽  
Distance Problem

For almost three decades neutral hydrogen moving at velocities unexplicable by galactic rotation has been observed. These so-called high-velocity clouds (HVCs) have been invoked as evidence for infall of neutral gas to the galaxy, as manifestations of a galactic fountain, as energy source for the formation of supershells, etc. No general consensus about their origin has presently been reached. However, it is becoming clear that no single model will suffice to explain all HVCs. A number of clouds may consist of material streaming toward the galactic center, as Mirabel (this conference) has advocated for several years, though their origin still remains unclear. A better understanding is mainly hampered by the fact that the distance remains unknown. An overview of the current status of the distance problem is given by van Woerden elsewhere in this volume.

scholarly journals Observations of high velocity HI clouds in the Local Group

1978 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 49-49
Author(s):  
W.K. Huchtmeier
Keyword(s):  
Radio Telescope ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Beam Width ◽  
Late Type ◽  
M 31 ◽  
High Velocity Clouds ◽  
Half Power ◽  
Magellanic Stream

High velocity clouds (HVC) of neutral hydrogen in or around our galaxy and the observations of intergalactic HI in the Local group: Magellanic stream (Mathewson et al., 1974, Astrophys. J. 190, p. 291), M 31 (Davies, R.D., 1975, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 170, p. 45P), and in the Sculptor group of galaxies (Mathewson et al., 1975, Astrophys. J. 195, p. L97) motivated us to search for HVC-phenomena in a number of nearby late-type galaxies with the 100 m Effelsberg radio telescope which has a half power beam width of 8.5′ at the wavelength of 21 cm.

Maser effects in the interstellar hydrogen clouds of the galactic halo

1967 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 291-293
Author(s):  
I. S. Šklovskij
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Population Inversion ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Collisional Excitation ◽  
Hydrogen Atoms ◽  
Hydrogen Density ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
High Velocity Clouds

It is suggested that the neutral hydrogen atoms in clouds with high negative velocities observed at high galactic latitudes may, when moving towards a galactic H 11 region, be excited by radiation in the red wing of the Lyman-α profile. The steepness of this wing may cause a population inversion of the hyperfine-structure levels. Consequently, estimates of the hydrogen density in the high-velocity clouds, and of the flow of matter towards the galactic plane (or into the Galaxy), when based on the assumption of collisional excitation, may be too high by two orders of magnitude.

scholarly journals High Velocity Neutral Hydrogen Clouds

1974 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 599-616
Author(s):  
R. D. Davies
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Spiral Structure ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Galactic Rotation ◽  
Velocity Pattern ◽  
Tidal Interactions ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
High Velocity Clouds

A review is given of the observations of neutral hydrogen high velocity clouds (|ν| > 80 km s−1) in and near the Galaxy. The positive and negative clouds are seen to have different distributions in the sky, following roughly the velocity pattern of galactic rotation. A characteristic of the majority of the clouds is their distribution in elongated bands or strings. The various theories of origin of HVCs are discussed; the possible role of the tidal interactions between the Magellanic Clouds and the Galaxy is emphasized. Tests are suggested to distinguish between the Oort theory of the infall of intergalactic material and theories which envisage the HVCs as originating in the outermost spiral structure.

Neutral hydrogen emission-absorption observations of high-velocity clouds

1980 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 499 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. E. Payne ◽  
Y. Terzian ◽  
E. E. Salpeter
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Hydrogen Emission ◽  
High Velocity Clouds

scholarly journals A sensitive high-velocity HI survey

1979 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 541-544
Author(s):  
Riccardo Giovanelli
Keyword(s):  
High Velocity ◽  
Observational Studies ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Velocity Range ◽  
Sensitivity Limit ◽  
Local Supercluster ◽  
High Velocity Clouds ◽  
Very High

The observational studies of the neutral hydrogen high velocity clouds (HVC's) in the last decade have for the most part concentrated on the detailed study of the prominent complexes discovered by the surveys of the late 1960's. More recently, several HVC's were discovered, often by accident, with very high velocities, which are typically outside of the velocity range and below the sensitivity limit of the old surveys. The tendency to associate these clouds with the closest galaxy at hand became a rather common practice. The idea that the Local Group, or the Local Supercluster, is populated with such “intergalactic clouds” was fed by these discoveries, and generalized to the whole field of the HVC's. I have repeatedly argued against the latter generalization (Giovanelli 1977, 1978). In this paper I shall report on the progress of a new survey that intends to constitute a test of the intergalactic approach itself.

scholarly journals Observations of high-velocity clouds colliding in the anticenter

1985 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
R. Morras ◽  
I. F. Mirabel
Keyword(s):  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
System Temperature ◽  
High Velocity Clouds ◽  
Velocity Cloud ◽  
High Velocity Cloud ◽  
Strong Disturbance

High-velocity clouds that are colliding with Milky-Way material in the anticenter were observed in the 21-cm line of neutral hydrogen, using the Arecibo telescope with a system temperature of 40 K. We confirm the reported (Mirabel, 1982) positional and kinetic correlations between a high-velocity cloud that is infalling with a velocity of −200 km s−1 and a strong disturbance in the interstellar medium (see figure 1).

scholarly journals High-velocity Clouds

1991 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.P. Wakker
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
High Velocity ◽  
Neutral Hydrogen ◽  
Galactic Rotation ◽  
Single Model ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
High Velocity Clouds

This contribution describes high-velocity clouds (HVCs), neutral hydrogen moving with velocities inexplicable by differential galactic rotation. They have been invoked as evidence for infall of gas to the Galaxy, as manifestations of a galactic fountain, as energy source for the formation of supershells, etc. It is becoming clear that a single model will not suffice to explain all HVCs. A better understanding is mainly hampered by the fact that the distance remains unknown. Many aspects to the study of HVCs will be discussed here.

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