Intermediate Velocity Clouds - Distances, Infall and Shadowing
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present the current distance estimates to 11 intermediate velocity clouds (IVCs) which are part of the David Dunlap Observatory Intermediate Velocity Cloud (DDO IVC) Distance Project (Clarke et al. 1999). We briefly discuss constraints these place on infall models and show the potential of IVCs to constrain the radial distribution of hot gas in the Galaxy through shadowing of the soft X-ray background.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0009170,
title = {Intermediate Velocity Clouds - Distances, Infall and Shadowing},
author = {T. E. Clarke and M. Gladders and G. Mallen-Ornelas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0009170},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 2 figures; to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Gas and Galaxy Evolution" (ASP Conference Series), J.E. Hibbard, M.P. Rupen, and J.H. van Gorkom (eds)