High-velocity clouds
By: edited by Hugo van Woerden ... [et al.].
Contributors: Woerden, Hugo van.; International Astronomical Union. Symposium.
Series: Astrophysics and space science library -- v. 312
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dordrecht; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: High-velocity clouds (Astrophysics)
Description: On the occasion of the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, a symposium was held in Groningen in May of 1996, celebrating his contributions to the study of the int- stellar medium, including his work on the high-velocity clouds. The coming together of many specialists in the latter ?eld prompted the idea of compiling a book c- taining their contributions, and summarizing the status of our understanding of the high-velocity cloud phenomenon. This seemed especially worthwhile at the time, since many exciting developments were taking place. After the discovery of some H i clouds with high velocities, about 40 years ago, the subject had been dominated by 21-cm observations of H i emission. Starting in the mid-1980s much progress was being made because of the availability of new instruments, such as large ground-based optical telescopes and UV observatories in space. The connections between the work on high-velocity clouds and other studies of the properties of the (hot) interstellar medium also became clearer.
Notes: Symposium held in May 1996, Groningen, Netherlands, to celebrate the retirement of Ulrich Schwarz, and his contributions to the study of the interstellar medium, including his work on the high-velocity clouds - preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.