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High-Velocity Clouds

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Editors:
  1. Hugo Woerden

    1. Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Bart P. Wakker

    1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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  3. Ulrich J. Schwarz

    1. Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
      Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  4. Klaas S. Boer

    1. Sternwarte, Universität Bonn, Germany

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 312)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. History of HVC research — an Overview

    • Bart P. Wakker, Klaas S. de Boer, Hugo van Woerden
    Pages 1-24

  3. HVC/IVC Maps and HVC Distribution Functions

    • Bart P. Wakker
    Pages 25-54

  4. Kinematics of HV and IV Gas

    • Ulrich J. Schwarz, Klaas S. De Boer
    Pages 55-72

  5. Interemdiate-velocity Clouds

    • C. Elise Albert, Laura Danly
    Pages 73-100

  6. HVCS Related to the Magellanic System

    • Mary E. Putman
    Pages 101-124

  7. High-velocity Hi Gas in External Galaxies

    • Tom Oosterloo
    Pages 125-144

  8. The Large- and Small-scale Structure of HVCs

    • Ulrich J. Schwarz, Bart P. Wakker
    Pages 145-166

  9. Ionized Gas Associated with HVCs

    • Stephen L. Tufte
    Pages 167-182

  10. The Coldest Phase in Halo High-velocity Gas: Dust and Molecules

    • Philipp Richter, Klaas S. De Boer
    Pages 183-194

  11. Distances and Metallicities of HVCS

    • Hugo Van Woerden, Bart P. Wakker
    Pages 195-226

  12. The Hot Halo

    • Klaas S. De Boer
    Pages 227-250

  13. HVCS Interacting With Their Environment

    • Christian Brüns, Ulrich Mebold
    Pages 251-271

  14. Warps, Polar Rings and High-velocity Clouds

    • Linda S. Sparke
    Pages 273-296

  15. High-Velocity Clouds: The Missing Link?

    • Leo Blitz, David N. Spergel, Peter J. Teuben, Dap Hartmann
    Pages 297-312

  16. Compact, Isolated High-velocity Clouds

    • W. Butler Burton, Robert Braun, Vincent de Heij
    Pages 313-340

  17. The Origin of the High-velocity Clouds

    • Joel N. Bregman
    Pages 341-369

  18. Unsolved Mysteries of High-velocity Clouds

    • Robert A. Benjamin
    Pages 371-389

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 391-406
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About this book

On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions to the study of the int- stellar medium, including his work on the high-velocity clouds. The coming together of many specialists in the latter ?eld prompted the idea of compiling a book c- taining their contributions, and summarizing the status of our understanding of the high-velocity cloud phenomenon. This seemed especially worthwhile at the time, since many exciting developments were taking place. After the discovery of some H i clouds with high velocities, about 40 years ago, the subject had been dominated by 21-cm observations of H i emission. Starting in the mid-1980s much progress was being made because of the availability of new instruments, such as large ground-based optical telescopes and UV observatories in space. The connections between the work on high-velocity clouds and other studies of the properties of the (hot) interstellar medium also became clearer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Hugo Woerden, Ulrich J. Schwarz

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    Bart P. Wakker

  • Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Ulrich J. Schwarz

  • Sternwarte, Universität Bonn, Germany

    Klaas S. Boer

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