HI-distribution in the MW Supervisor: Peter Kalberla Group #1 Bitten Gullberg Maria Louise Strandet Sarolta Zahorecz Valentina Vacca
OUTLINE 1. Scientific aim and method 2. Theoretical background 3. Data presentation 4. Discussion
Scientific aim and method Scientific aim: To explore the HI distribution in the Milky Way and to determine the kinetic spin temperature of filaments Method: We fit the emission and absorption lines by means of gaussian curves
OUTLINE 1. Scientific aim and method 2. Theoretical background 3. Data presentation 4. Discussion
Self absorbing HI clouds Background continuum Have been subtracted in our data Foreground HI emission Can be ignored because we are close (125 pc) to the self absorbing cloud Background HI emission
OUTLINE 1. Scientific aim and method 2. Theoretical background 3. Data presentation 4. Discussion
Parkes Telescope Location: Australia, NSW Diameter: 64 m Telescope and survey Parkes Telescope Location: Australia, NSW Diameter: 64 m Galactic All Sky Survey
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OUTLINE 1. Scientific aim and method 2. Theoretical background 3. Data presentation 4. Discussion
The kinetic spin temperature The kinetic spin temperature is calculated as Where σ is the actual velocity dispersion, where the instrumental broadening has been taken into account For GASS the instrumental broadening is
The kinetic spin temperature Range: 203 – 325 K Average: 247 K Range: 101 – 275 K Average: 170 K Very turbulent!
The kinetic spin temperature T = 65 K T=14 K Montgomery et al. (1995)
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