Distances and metallicities of high-velocity clouds

H van Woerden; RF Peletier; UJ Schwarz; BP Wakker; PMW Kalberla

Distances and metallicities of high-velocity clouds

H van Woerden^*
, RF Peletier
, UJ Schwarz
, BP Wakker
, PMW Kalberla

^*Corresponding author for this work

Kapteyn Astronomical Institute

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Abstract

Distance and metallicity hold the key to our understanding of the physical properties and origins of HVCs. We review the problems and results of determinations of distance and metallicity based on the presence or absence, and strength, of appropriate absorption lines in the spectra of stars at different distances and of extragalactic background sources. Upper or lower distance limits are available for several HVCs, and indicate various locations with respect to the major structural components of the Galaxy. The only distance bracket available, 4

Original language	English
Title of host publication	STROMLO WORKSHOP ON HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUDS
Editors	BK Gibson, ME Putman
Place of Publication	SAN FRANCISCO
Publisher	ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC
Pages	1-25
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	1-886733-87-2
Publication status	Published - 1999
Event	Stromlo Workshop on High-Velocity Clouds - , Australia Duration: 14-Aug-1998 → 15-Aug-1998

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Name	ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES
Publisher	ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC
Volume	166

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Other	Stromlo Workshop on High-Velocity Clouds
Country/Territory	Australia
Period	14/08/1998 → 15/08/1998

Keywords

CA-II ABSORPTION
EARLY-TYPE STARS
WAY HALO GAS
MAGELLANIC STREAM
MILKY-WAY
COMPLEX-M
OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS
NEUTRAL HYDROGEN
GALACTIC PLANE
ORIGIN

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van Woerden, H, Peletier, RF, Schwarz, UJ, Wakker, BP & Kalberla, PMW 1999, Distances and metallicities of high-velocity clouds. in BK Gibson & ME Putman (eds), STROMLO WORKSHOP ON HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUDS. ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES, vol. 166, ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC, SAN FRANCISCO, pp. 1-25, Stromlo Workshop on High-Velocity Clouds, Australia, 14/08/1998.

Distances and metallicities of high-velocity clouds. / van Woerden, H; Peletier, RF; Schwarz, UJ et al.
STROMLO WORKSHOP ON HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUDS. ed. / BK Gibson; ME Putman. SAN FRANCISCO: ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC, 1999. p. 1-25 (ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES; Vol. 166).

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