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在Milky Way晕中低柱密度气体团的高分辨率21厘米观测

High-resolution 21-cm observations of low-column density gas clumps in the Milky Way halo

N. Ben Bekhti, P. Richter, B. Winkel, F. Kenn, T. Westmeier

摘要:

我们研究的低柱密度气体团的性质的基础上的高分辨率21厘米的观测银河系晕。使用干涉数据从WSRT和VLA,我们研究HI发射在低,中,高径向速度沿四条视线对类星体。沿着这些视线,我们以前检测到弱CaII和NaI吸收剂在其光谱。高分辨率HI数据的分析揭示了几个紧凑和冷的中性气体团的存在下,类似于光学吸收的速度。团簇具有窄的HI线宽度,在1.8至13 km/s的范围内,产生70至3700 K的气体动力学温度的上限。中性气体具有低HI柱密度,在5E 18至3E 19 1/cm ^2的范围内。所有团块的角大小都只有几弧分。我们的高分辨率21厘米的观测表明,在我们的光学类星体光谱中看到的许多CaII和NaI吸收剂与低柱密度HI团块在小角度尺度。这表明,在晕中的大质量,高柱密度的中性气体云(常见的21厘米LVC,IVC和HVC)旁边,存在着一个低质量的中性气体结构,在现有的21厘米全天空IVC和HVC调查中,大多数情况下都看不到。估计的热气体压力的检测HI团块是一致的,从理论模型的气体在银河系的内部和外部晕。

英文摘要:

We study the properties of low-column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way based on high-resolution 21-cm observations. Using interferometric data from the WSRT and the VLA we study HI emission at low-, intermediate- and high radial velocities along four lines of sight towards quasars. Along these sightlines we previously detected weak CaII and NaI absorbers in their optical spectra. The analysis of the high-resolution HI data reveals the presence of several compact and cold clumps of neutral gas at velocities similar to the optical absorption. The clumps have narrow HI line widths in the range of 1.8 to 13 km/s, yielding upper limits for the kinetic temperature of the gas of 70 to 3700 K. The neutral gas has low HI column densities in the range of 5E18 to 3E19 1/cm^2. All clumps have angular sizes of only a few arcminutes. Our high-resolution 21-cm observations indicate that many of the CaII and NaI absorbers seen in our optical quasar spectra are associated with low-column density HI clumps at small angular scales. This suggests that next to the massive, high-column density neutral gas clouds in the halo (the common 21-cm LVCs, IVCs, and HVCs) there exists a population of low-mass, neutral gas structures in the halo that remain mostly unseen in the existing 21-cm all-sky surveys of IVCs and HVCs. The estimated thermal gas pressures of the detected HI clumps are consistent with what is expected from theoretical models of gas in the inner and outer Milky Way halo.

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