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HI低晕中的云:I.银河系全天巡天试验区

HI Clouds in the Lower Halo: I. The Galactic All-Sky Survey Pilot Region

H. Alyson Ford, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, Felix J. Lockman, J. Bailin, M. R. Calabretta, P. M. W. Kalberla, T. Murphy, D. J. Pisano

摘要:

我们已经在银河系全天空巡天(GASS)的试验区域内的银河系下晕中探测到了400多个HI云,该区域位于第四象限,横跨经度18度,纬度40度,以银河系赤道为中心。这些云的平均峰值亮度温度为0.6 K,平均速度宽度为12.8 km/s,角大小<1度。这些云的运动主要是由银河系的旋转与随机云到云的速度色散为18公里/秒。对可能靠近切点的云样本进行了详细分析。这些云的半径约为30 pc,HI质量的中位数为630 Msun。星群的垂直高度为400秒差距,主要集中在银河系中心半径,最高峰为R=3.8千秒差距。这种封闭的结构表明,云与螺旋特征有关,而形态学证据表明,许多云与环和细丝对齐,这暗示了与恒星形成的关系。这些云可能是超新星和恒星风的结果,它们以碎片壳和气体的形式被推入晕中,而不是来自银河系的喷泉。

英文摘要:

We have detected over 400 HI clouds in the lower halo of the Galaxy within the pilot region of the Galactic All-Sky Survey (GASS), a region of the fourth quadrant that spans 18 degrees in longitude, 40 degrees in latitude and is centered on the Galactic equator. These clouds have a median peak brightness temperature of 0.6 K, a median velocity width of 12.8 km/s, and angular sizes <1 degree. The motion of these clouds is dominated by Galactic rotation with a random cloud-to-cloud velocity dispersion of 18 km/s. A sample of clouds likely to be near tangent points was analyzed in detail. These clouds have radii on the order of 30 pc and a median HI mass of 630 Msun. The population has a vertical scale height of 400 pc and is concentrated in Galactocentric radius, peaking at R=3.8 kpc. This confined structure suggests that the clouds are linked to spiral features, while morphological evidence that many clouds are aligned with loops and filaments is suggestive of a relationship with star formation. The clouds might result from supernovae and stellar winds in the form of fragmenting shells and gas that has been pushed into the halo rather than from a galactic fountain.

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