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The Mass of Neutral Atomic Hydrogen in the Galaxy

Jr. Goldstein S. J.

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Twenty-one-centimeter observations of the galactic poles lead to a mass of optically thin neutral atomic hydrogen in the Galaxy in the range 2.3 to 2.9 X t0 Alo on the assumption that the hydrogen is a uniform disk with a radius of 15 kpc.

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Twenty-one-centimeter observations of the galactic poles lead to a mass of optically thin neutral atomic hydrogen in the Galaxy in the range 2.3 to 2.9 X t0 Alo on the assumption that the hydrogen is a uniform disk with a radius of 15 kpc.

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Twenty-one-centimeter observations of the galactic poles lead to a mass of optically thin neutral atomic hydrogen in the Galaxy in the range 2.3 to 2.9 X t0 Alo on the assumption that the hydrogen is a uniform disk with a radius of 15 kpc.

Key concepts: Physics, Galaxy, Astrophysics, Hydrogen, RADIUS, Astronomy, Galaxy formation and evolution, Computer science

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