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The Magellanic Stream, High-Velocity Clouds and the Sculptor Group | | M.E. Putman
; L. Staveley-Smith
; K.C. Freeman
; B.K. Gibson
; D.G. Barnes
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7 Sep 2002 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 586 (2003) 170-194 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | CASA), L. Staveley-Smith (ATNF), K.C. Freeman (RSAA), B.K. Gibson (Swinburne), D.G. Barnes (Swinburne | | Abstract: | The Magellanic Stream is a 100deg x 10deg filament of gas which lies within the Galactic halo and contains ~ 2 x 10^8 Msun of neutral hydrogen. We present data from the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) in the first complete survey of the entire Magellanic Stream and its surroundings. We also present a summary of the reprocessing techniques used to recover large-scale structure in the Stream. The Stream properties revealed include: bifurcation along the main Stream filament; dense, isolated clouds which follow the entire length of the Stream; head-tail structures; and a complex filamentary web at the head where gas is being freshly stripped away from the Small Magellanic Cloud and the Bridge. Debris which appears to be of Magellanic origin extends out to 20deg from the main Stream filaments. The large number of elongated Stream clouds suggests the presence of shearing motions within the Stream, arising from tidal forces or interaction with the tenuous Galactic halo. Clouds along the sightline to the less distant half of the Sculptor Group, show anomalous properties. We argue that these clouds represent halo material, and are not distant Sculptor Group clouds. This result has significant implications for the hypothesis that there might exist distant, massive HVCs within the Local Group. (abridged) | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0209127 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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