Dynamics of galactic gas streams and satellites

The halo of the Milky Way galaxy hosts a substantial quantity of neutral and ionised gas in the form of complexes with large angular extents. Many of these have anomalously large velocities that cannot be explained in simple models of differential Galactic rotation. These so-called high-velocity clo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jin, S.
Published: University of Cambridge 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.605609