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High Velocity Gas in the Halos of Spiral Galaxies | | Filippo Fraternali
; Tom Oosterloo
; Rense Boomsma
; Rob Swaters
; Renzo Sancisi
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28 Oct 2003 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | ASTRON), Tom Oosterloo (ASTRON), Rense Boomsma (Kapteyn Institute), Rob Swaters (JHU), Renzo Sancisi (INAF-Bologna | | Abstract: | Recent, high sensitivity, HI observations of nearby spiral galaxies show that their thin `cold’ disks are surrounded by thick layers (halos) of neutral gas with anomalous kinematics. We present results for three galaxies viewed at different inclination angles: NGC891 (edge-on), NGC2403 (i=60 deg), and NGC6946 (almost face-on). These studies show the presence of halo gas up to distances of 10-15 kpc from the plane. Such gas has a mean rotation 25-50 km/s lower than that of the gas in the plane, and some complexes are detected at very high velocities, up to 200-300 km/s. The nature and origin of this halo gas are poorly understood. It can either be the result of a galactic fountain or of accretion from the intergalactic medium. It is probably the analogous of some of the High Velocity Clouds (HVCs) of the Milky Way. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0310799 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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