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Distribution and motions of HI in M31
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
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It has become clear in the past few years that the distribution and kinematics of HI in M31 is far from simple. The new high-resolution survey made with the Westerbork SRT in the 21-cm line of atomic hydrogen by Brinks and Shane (1983) shows this dramatically. Along almost any line of sight through M31 two separate velocity systems are sampled. Based on a previous survey Shane (1978) and later Bajaja and Shane (1982) proposed that the extra component is due to warping of the plane of the galaxy into the direction of and crossing the line-of-sight. Roberts et al. (1978) and Whitehurst et al. (1978) emphasized that the observed profile structure ruled out confinement of the gas to a thin plane. Unwin (1983) reached a similar conclusion on the basis of his survey. The most complete model produced up until now which accounts for the two velocity systems is the one by Henderson (1979), based on the 100-m Effelsberg survey of M31 by Cram et al. (1980)
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- PART II: COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 106: The Milky Way Galaxy , 1985 , pp. 437 - 442
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- Copyright © Reidel 1985