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High-Velocity Clouds and the Local Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

B. P. Wakker
B. P. Wakker*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Abstract

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I examine some of the evidence relevant to the idea that high-velocity clouds (HVCs) are gas clouds distributed throughout the Local Group, as proposed by Blitz et al. (1999) and Braun & Burton (1999). This model makes several predictions: a) the clouds have low metallicities; b) there should be no detectable Hα emission; c) analogues near other galaxies should exist; and d) many faint HVCs in the region around M 31 can be found. Low metallicities are indeed found in several HVCs, although they are also expected in several other models. Hα emission detected in most HVCs and, when examined more closely, distant (D>200 kpc) HVCs should be almost fully ionized, implying that most HVCs with H I must lie near the Milky Way. No clear extragalactic analogues have been found, even though the current data appear sensitive enough. The final prediction (d) has not yet been tested. on balance there appears to be no strong evidence for neutral gas clouds distributed throughout the Local Group, but there may be many such clouds within 100 or so kpc from the Milky Way (and M31). on the other hand, some (but not all) of the high-velocity O VI recently discovered may originate in hot gas distributed throughout the Local Group.

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Part 1. Census
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 2 - 11
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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