附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
COVER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. HISTORY OF HVC RESEARCH -- AN OVERVIEW -- 1.1 Discovery; research until 1963 -- 1.2 Early radio research: 1963-1968 -- 1.3 Developments 1968-1980 -- 1.4 Developments 1981-1991 -- 1.5 Developments 1992-1999 -- 1.6 New Developments since 1999 -- 2. HVC/IVC MAPS AND HVC DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Basic HVC and IVC data -- 2.3 Features of the H i sky -- 2.4 Column density distribution -- 2.5 Volume density distribution -- 2.6 Distributions of cloud parameters -- 2.7 Conclusions and outlook -- 3. KINEMATICS OF HV AND IV GAS -- 3.1 General considerations -- 3.2 Defining the HV and IV gas sample -- 3.3 Systematic motions of high-velocity (HV) gas -- 3.4 Systematic motions of intermediate-velocity (IV) gas -- 3.5 Systematic motions from optical and UV observations -- 3.6 Simple kinematical considerations -- 3.7 N(H i) distribution and infall velocity -- 3.8 Some results from further statistical analyses -- 3.9 Conclusions -- 4. INTERMEDIATE-VELOCITY CLOUDS -- 4.1 Introduction: what are intermediate-velocity clouds? -- 4.2 The distribution of IVCs in space and in velocity -- 4.3 Distances of intermediate-velocity clouds -- 4.4 IVCs and their relationship to low- and high-velocity gas -- 4.5 Abundances and physical conditions -- 4.6 Speculations on the origin and significance of IVCs -- 4.7 Directions for future work -- 5. HVCS RELATED TO THE MAGELLANIC SYSTEM -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Magellanic Bridge -- 5.3 The Magellanic Stream -- 5.4 The Leading Arm -- 5.5 Theoretical origin models -- 5.6 Relationships to other HVCs? -- 6. HIGH-VELOCITY H i GAS IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 H i halos of spiral galaxies -- 6.3 Interactions and accretions -- 6.4 Concluding remarks -- 7. THE LARGE- AND SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURE OF HVCS -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Observations -- 7.3 Physical characteristics -- 7.4 Characterization of small-scale structure -- 7.5 Discussion and conclusions -- 8. IONIZED G
摘要:"This book contains 17 chapters reviewing our knowledge of the high-velocity clouds (HVCs) as of 2004, bringing this together in one place for the first time. Each of the many different aspects of HVC research is addressed by one of the experts in that subfield. These include a historical overview of HVC research and analyses of the structure and kinematics of HVCs."--Jacket.
