OBSERVING MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN CLOUDS AND DARK MASSIVE OBJECTS IN GALACTIC HALOS

Authors
DEPAOLIS F INGROSSO G JETZER P QADIR A RONCADELLI M
Citation
F. Depaolis et al., OBSERVING MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN CLOUDS AND DARK MASSIVE OBJECTS IN GALACTIC HALOS, Astronomy and astrophysics, 299(3), 1995, pp. 647-649
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
299
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
647 - 649
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1995)299:3<647:OMCADM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Molecular hydrogen clouds can contribute substantially to the galactic halo dark matter and may lead to the birth of Massive Halo Objects (M HOs) observed indirectly by microlensing. We present a method to detec t these molecular clouds in the halo of M31 using the Doppler shift ef fect. We also consider the possibility to directly observe MHOs in the halo of M31 via their infrared emission.