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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 347, 期 1, 页码 237-245出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07210.x
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HII regions; galaxy : structure; radio continuum : ISM
We present a new, detailed, analysis of the spatial distribution of Galactic H II regions, exploiting a far richer data base than used in previous analyses. Galactocentric distances have been derived for 550 objects. Distances from the Sun could be unambiguously derived from velocity data for 117 of them, lying either outside the solar circle (84) or on a line of sight tangential to their orbit (33). For 177 further sources, distance estimates are made possible by the use of auxiliary data. A highly significant correlation between luminosity and linear diameter was found and the corresponding least-squares linear relationship in the log-log plane was used to resolve the distance ambiguity for an additional 256 sources. Within the solar circle the thickness of the distribution of H II regions around the Galactic plane was found to be comparable to that of OB stars. At larger galactocentric radii the shape of the distribution reflects that of the warp, and its thickness along the z axis increases with increasing distance from the Galactic centre. We also confirm, for a much larger sample, the previously reported positive gradient of electron temperature with galactocentric distance.
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