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| Paper: |
A Unique Giant HI Cloud in the Inner Galaxy |
| Volume: |
240, Gas and Galaxy Evolution: A Conference in Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the VLA |
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458 |
| Authors: |
Lockman, F. J.; Minter, A. H. |
| Abstract: |
G28.17+0.05 is a giant HI cloud lying in the inner Galactic plane with a mass in atomic gas that may be as large as 105 Msolar. It appears to be self-gravitating, highly turbulent, and predominantly molecular, but with little star formation. We suggest that it is just now entering a spiral arm and beginning the transition from atomic to molecular. Many more clouds like this may exist as yet undetected in the inner Galaxy. |
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