Observations of interstellar neutral hydrogen are based on the 21-cm line. Intensity observations give information about the amount and the distribution of HI; for rotation curves of galaxies based on Doppler observations.
Reviews (methods, results, correlation with other parameters): [Roberts, M.S. in Galaxies and the Universe (Sandage, A., Sandage, M., & warp in the HI distribution at the extreme NE and SW of M31 is reported in Emerson, D.T., Newton, K.in Structure and Properties of Nearby Galaxies (Berkhuijsen, E.M., Wielebinski, R., eds.), Int. Astron. Union Symp. 77, Reidel, Dordrecht (1978). p. 183].
Warps in the HI distribution have been observed in the case of some edge-on spiral galaxies [Sancisi, R. Astron. Astrophys. 53 (1976) 159].
The distribution and the velocity field of HI in 20 bright northern galaxies combined with optical UBV observations is discussed in [van der Kruit, P.C., Searle, L. in Photometry, Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies (Evans, D.S., ed.), University of Texas (1979). p. 93].
Interacting Galaxies:
Intergalactic HI-Clouds:
Galaxies in the Zone of Avoidance:
HI in Voids:
HI in Polar-Ring Galaxies:
HI in New Nearby Galaxies:
Many short papers of HI observations are presented in [The Structure and Evolution of normal Galaxies (Fall, S.M., Lynden-Bell, D., eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press (1981)].
In 6 nearby spheroidal dwarf systems no HI was detected. This gives an upper limit of the HI content of dwarf spheroidal galaxies as low as a few parts in 104 by mass [Knapp, G.R., Kerr, F.J., Bowers, P.F. Astron. J. 83 (1978) 360].
The HI mass and the ratio of hydrogen mass to total mass for 140 galaxies are given in [Roberts, M.S. in Galaxies and the Universe (Sandage, A., Sandage, M.; Kristian, J., eds.) = Stars and stellar Systems Vol. IX, Univ. Chicago Press (1975). p. 309].
The distance-independent ratio MHI/L is a function of the morphological type, too, increasing to later type galaxies. The main result is shown in Fig. 8.
Integral properties like mass, luminosity, size, maximal rotation for 169 late-type galaxies determined from H I observations are given in [Shostak, G.S. Astron. Astrophys. 68 (1978) 321].
Compact Groups:
TULLY-FISHER RELATION:
Tully and Fisher [Tully, R.B., Fisher, J.R. Astron. Astrophys. 54 (1977) 66]. found a relation between the absolute magnitude and the global width of the HI profile for spiral galaxies, i.e. between luminosity and total mass (Fig. 9). This gives a new possibility for distance determination. This relation was studied in the infrared.
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Figure 9. The Tully-Fisher relation: global
width of HI profile |
Observational uncertainties (inclination, luminosity correction for internal extinction) and possible systematic effects (differences between morphological types) [Roberts, M.S. Astron. J. 83 (1978) 1026] leave some calibration problems. The slope of the relations lies between -6.25 [Tully, R.B., & Fisher, J.R. Astron. Astrophys. 54 (1977) 661] and -10.0.
A similar correlation (with absolute magnitudes corrected for total internal absorption) was published by Sandage and Tammann [Sandage, A., & Tammann, G.A. Astrophys. J. 210 (1976) 7, (Fig. 1)].
The so-called Tully-Fisher-relation is an empirical dependence between the luminosity and the dynamical mass (i.e. the maximum rotational velocity) of galaxies. The observed magnitude has to be corrected for extinction in our galaxy (depending on galactic latitude to the first order) and for intrinsic absorption within the observed galaxy (depending on the inclination and the morphological type of the galaxy). The indices 0 and i indicate that these corrections have been applied. The correlation between corrected absolute magnitude M0,iB,T and the corrected full line width of the integrated neutral hydrogen profile dv0,i - the Tully-Fisher relation:
has been used as a tool for determining extragalactic distances
Calibration and Corrections for Malmquist Bias:
and Galaxy Shape:
Using CO Linewidths:
for Dwarf Galaxies: [Pantoja, C.A., Giovannardi, C., Altschuler, D.R., & Giovanelli, R., Astron. J. 108 (1994) 921].
The lower absorption in the IR reduces the scatter of the (blue) TF relation:
The most optimistic estimate for the accuracy of distances derived from the IR TF relation is 5% [Baas, F., Israel, F.P., & Koorneef, J., Astron. Astrophys. 284 (1994) 403]. for the calibrator galaxies.
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Figure 4. The relative HI-content of elliptical galaxies. MHI/LB versus LB is given for two complete samples of elliptical galaxies [Huchtmeier, W.K., Sage, L.J., & Henkel, C., Astron. Astrophys. 300 (1995) 675] : a) elliptical galaxies from the RSA [A Revised Shapeley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies (Sandage, A.R, & Tammann, G.A.), Washington D.C., Carnegie Institution (1987)], filled triangles,
b) elliptical galaxies with IRAS 100 ยตm fluxes
Upper limits for both samples are given by open circles. The full line represents the nearby galaxy sample [Huchtmeier, W.K., & Richter, O.-G., Astron. Astrophys. 203 (1988) 237], see Fig. 3. The great number of upper limits is partially due to lack of sensitivity. In general elliptical galaxies are poor in HI, low upper limits and detection are as low as three orders of magnitude below the expected values (full line) for disk galaxies. However, a few elliptical galaxies have MHI/LB values as high as spiral galaxies. These objects are in some way peculiar and tend to have blue colors (indicated by greater filled circles). |
Observations of HI in Cluster Galaxies:
HI in the Virgo cluster:
HI in the Hydra-Centaurus cluster:
HI in the Coma cluster:
HI in the Perseus-Pisces cluster:
HI in the Hercules cluster:
HI in the Fornax cluster:
HI in Galaxy Clusters:
HI in Cooling Flows:
HI-Absorption in Galaxies:
HI in Radio Galaxies:
General: