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Current Problems in 21 cm Line Studies of the Large-Scale Structure of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

W. B. Burton
W. B. Burton*
Affiliation:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory∗ Charlottesville, Va., U.S.A.

Abstract

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A number of current problems in 21 cm line studies of the Galaxy as a whole are discussed. Because of the difficulties involved with straightforward mapping, it is important to isolate integrated and other properties of the hydrogen profiles, the interpretation of which does not require accurate distance determinations. In addition, methods of analysis are necessary which either account for or exploit the sensitivity of hydrogen profiles to velocity irregularities and to geometrical configurations. The model-fitting approach to the interpretation of the hydrogen profiles is useful in this respect. Extragalactic hydrogen studies which show the relative ordering of the various components of spiral structure can inspire research in our own Galaxy. Such investigations are necessary for an understanding of the forces governing the spiral structure. It seems that the neutral hydrogen is primarily a tracer of locations where the overall distribution of stars is producing a gravitational sink. Other spiral tracers, in particular the molecules, are better considered as tracers of regions where the gas has been compressed, perhaps (at least on a large scale) by the shock front predicted by the density-wave theory.

Type
Part 6: Large-Scale Galactic Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 60: Galactic Radio Astronomy , 1974 , pp. 551 - 572
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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