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Why is the HI Scale Height Constant with Galactocentric Radius?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A. Ferrara
A. Ferrara*
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrosifico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi, 5 50125 Firenze, Italy

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The vertical distribution of neutral hydrogen has been studied over the last three decades (Schmidt 1957; Baker & Burton 1979; Lockman 1984; Savage & Massa 1987). The best fit curve to the HI z-distribution in the solar neighborhood has a FWHM of about 230 pc, and it extends appreciably beyond 500 pc (Dickey & Lockman 1990).

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Chapter 6: How are we to Understand the Large Scale Structure of the ISM?
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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 479 - 487
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Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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