High-Velocity Clouds

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 o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: van Woerden, Hugo (Editor ), Wakker, Bart (Editor ), Schwarz, Ulrich (Editor ), de Boer, Klaas (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 312
Temas:
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • History of HVC research - an Overview
  • HVC/IVC Maps and HVC Distribution Functions
  • Kinematics of HV and IV Gas
  • Interemdiate-velocity Clouds
  • HVCS Related to the Magellanic System
  • High-velocity Hi Gas in External Galaxies
  • The Large- and Small-scale Structure of HVCs
  • Ionized Gas Associated with HVCs
  • The Coldest Phase in Halo High-velocity Gas: Dust and Molecules
  • Distances and Metallicities of HVCS
  • The Hot Halo
  • HVCS Interacting With Their Environment
  • Warps, Polar Rings and High-velocity Clouds
  • High-Velocity Clouds: The Missing Link?
  • Compact, Isolated High-velocity Clouds
  • The Origin of the High-velocity Clouds
  • Unsolved Mysteries of High-velocity Clouds.

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