21 Cm Hydrogen-Line Survey Of The Large Magellanic Cloud Ii. Distribution And Motions Of Neutral Hydrogen

Abstract

The 21 cm hydrogen-line data from a survey of the Large Magellanic Oloud with a 14',5 aerial beam have been simplified into distributions of intensities and radial velocities at profile peaks. Fifty-two large HI complexes of mean diameter 575 pc, density I hydrogen atom per cm3, and mass 4 X 106M o have been delineated. The study of the correlation between optically visible Population I components, such as HII regions and supergiant OB stars, and the neutral hydrogen has been greatly extended.