Where are the High-Velocity Clouds in Local Group Analogs?

Pisano, Daniel; Barnes, David G; Gibson, Bradley K; Staveley-Smith, Lister; Freeman, Kenneth; Kilborn, Virginia A

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Where are the High-Velocity Clouds in Local Group Analogs?

Date

2004

Authors

Pisano, Daniel

Barnes, David G

Gibson, Bradley K

Staveley-Smith, Lister

Freeman, Kenneth

Kilborn, Virginia A

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Abstract

High-velocity clouds (HVCs) are clouds of H I seen around the Milky Way with velocities inconsistent with Galactic rotation; they have unknown distances and masses and controversial origins. One possibility is that HVCs are associated with the small dark