HI spectra and column densities toward HVC and IVC probes

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2001-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0102148v1

Astrophys.J.Suppl. 136 (2001) 537-578

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Scientific paper

10.1086/321784

We show 21-cm line profiles in the direction of stars and extragalactic objects, lying projected on high- and intermediate-velocity clouds (HVCs and IVCs). About half of these are from new data obtained with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope, about a quarter are extracted from the Leiden-Dwingeloo Survey (LDS) and the remaining quarter were observed with other single-dish telescopes. HI column densities were determined for each HVC/IVC. Wakker (2001) (Paper I) uses these in combination with optical and ultraviolet high-resolution measurements to derive abundances. Here, an analysis is given of the difference and ratio of N(HI) as observed with a 9 arcmin versus a 35 arcmin beam. For HVCs and IVCs the ratio N(HI-9 arcmin)/N(HI-35 arcmin) lies in the range 0.2-2.5. For low-velocity gas this ratio ranges from 0.75 to 1.3 (the observed ratio is 0.85-1.4, but it appears that the correction for stray radiation is slightly off). The smaller range for the low-velocity gas may be caused by confusion in the line of sight, so that a low ratio in one component can be compensated by a high ratio in another -- for 11 low-velocity clouds fit by one component the distribution of ratios has a larger dispersion. Comparison with higher angular resolution data is possible for sixteen sightlines. Eight sightlines with HI data at 1 arcmin-2 arcmin resolution show a range of 0.75-1.25 for N(HI-2 arcmin)/N(HI-9 arcmin), while in eight other sightlines N(HI-Ly-alpha)/N(HI-9 arcmin) ranges from 0.74 to 0.98.

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