Published in "QSO Absorption Lines", Space
Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series 2, 1987, eds. J. C. Blades,
D. A. Turnshek and C. A. Norman
THE PROPERTIES OF THE GASEOUS GALACTIC CORONA
Blair D. Savage
Department of Astronomy,
University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
- DISTRIBUTION OF THE GAS
- HI 21 cm Emission Line Studies
- Optical and Ultraviolet Absorption Line Studies
- Soft X-ray Studies
- Optical and Ultraviolet Emission Line Studies
- Radio Studies of the Ionized Gas
- Nonthermal Radio Emission, Magnetic Fields and
the Cosmic-Ray Halo
- IONIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MILKY WAY HALO GAS
- ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES IN MILKY WAY HALO GAS
- KINEMATICS OF MILKY WAY HALO GAS
- THE ORIGIN OF GALACTIC HALO GAS
- ABSORPTION BY MILKY WAY HALO GAS AND THE
ABSORPTION LINE SYSTEMS SEEN IN THE SPECTRA
OF QSOS
- REFERENCES
