High-velocity clouds

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High-velocity clouds

edited by Hugo van Woerden, Bart P. Wakker, Ulrich J. Schwarz and Klaas S. De Boer

(Astrophysics and space science library, v. 312)

Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004

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On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions to the study of the int- stellar medium, including his work on the high-velocity clouds. The coming together of many specialists in the latter ?eld prompted the idea of compiling a book c- taining their contributions, and summarizing the status of our understanding of the high-velocity cloud phenomenon. This seemed especially worthwhile at the time, since many exciting developments were taking place. After the discovery of some H i clouds with high velocities, about 40 years ago, the subject had been dominated by 21-cm observations of H i emission. Starting in the mid-1980s much progress was being made because of the availability of new instruments, such as large ground-based optical telescopes and UV observatories in space. The connections between the work on high-velocity clouds and other studies of the properties of the (hot) interstellar medium also became clearer.

Table of Contents

  • Preface.- 1. History of HVC Research - an overview
  • Bart P. Wakker, Klaas S. de Boer, Hugo van Woerden.- 2. HVC/IVC maps and HVC distribution functions
  • Bart P. Wakker.- 3. Kinematics of high- and intermediate-velocity gas
  • Ulrich J. Schwarz, Klaas S. de Boer.- 4. Intermediate-velocity clouds
  • C. Elise Albert, Laura Danly.- 5. HVCS related to the Magellanic System
  • Mary E. Putman.- 6. High-velocity HI gas in External Galaxies
  • Tom Oosterloo.- 7. The large- and small-scale structure of HVCS
  • Ulrich J. Schwarz, Bart P. Wakker.- 8. Ionized gas associated with HVCS
  • Stephen L. Tufte.- 9. The coldest phase in halo HVCS: Dust and molecules
  • Philipp Richter, Klaas S. de Boer.- 10. Distances and Metallicities
  • Hugo van Woerden, Bart P. Wakker.- 11. The hot halo
  • Klaas S. de Boer.- 12. HVCS interacting with their environment
  • Christian Bruns, Ulrich Mebold.- 13. Warps, polar rings and High-velocity clouds
  • Linda S. Sparke.- 14. High-velocity clouds, the missing link? Leo Blitz, David N. Spergel, Peter J. Teuben, Dap Hartmann.- 15. Compact, isolated high-velocity clouds
  • W. Butler Burton, Robert Braun, Vincent de Heij.- 16. The origin of the high-velocity clouds
  • Joel N. Bregman.- 17. Unsolved mysteries of high-velocity clouds
  • Robert A. Benjamin.- Index

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  • NCID
    BA69627424
  • ISBN
    • 1402025785
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht ; Boston
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 400 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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