Catalogue of far-infrared loops in the Galaxy J/A+A/463/1227 ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/463/1227 doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.34631227 CDS Konyves V. Kiss Cs. Moor A. Kiss Z.T. Toth L.V. 2018-01-05T08:56:01Z 2007-06-17T07:59:04Z CDS support team CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France cds-question@unistra.fr infrared-sources interstellar-medium An all-sky survey of loop- and arc-like intensity enhancements has been performed in order to investigate the large-scale structure of the diffuse far-infrared emission. We used maps made of 60 and 100um processed IRAS data (Sky Survey Atlas and dust infrared emission maps) to identify large-scale structures: loops, arcs or cavities, in the far-infrared emission in the Galaxy. Distances were attributed to a subsample of loops using associated objects. We identified 462 far-infrared loops, analyzed their individual FIR properties and their distribution. This data forms the Catalogue of Far-Infrared Loops in the Galaxy. We obtained observational estimates of f_in~30% and f_out~5% for the hot gas volume filling factor of the inward and outward Galactic neighbourhood of the Solar System. We obtained a slope of the power law size luminosity function {beta}=1.37 for low Galactic latitudes in the outer Milky Way. Deviations in the celestial distribution of far-infrared loops clearly indicate, that violent events frequently overwrite the structure of the interstellar matter in the inner Galaxy. Our objects trace out the spiral arm structure of the Galaxy in the neighbourhood of the Sun and their distribution clearly suggests that there is an efficient process that can generate loop-like features at high Galactic latitudes. Power law indices of size luminosity distributions suggest, that the structure of the ISM is ruled by supernovae and stellar winds at low Galactic latitudes while it is governed by supersonic turbulence above the Galactic plane. 2007A&A...463.1227K https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/463/1227 Catalog Research IsServedBy TAP VizieR generic service IsServedBy Conesearch service related-to I/125 : IRAS catalogue of Point Sources, Version 2.0 (IPAC 1986) J/A+A/418/131 : Far-infrared loops in the 2nd Galactic Quadrant (Kiss+, 2004) https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/463/1227 GET text/xml+votable https://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap Cone search capability for table J/A+A/463/1227/appenb (Parameters of the far-infrared loops found in the 1st, 3rd and 4th Galactic quadrants) https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/463/1227/appenb? https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/463/1227/appenb? http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/463/1227/appenb? 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assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification. meta.record int n_GIRL indicates that distance estimates or associations can be found in other appendices meta.ref.url char GIRL GIRL designation (Glll+bb) meta.id;meta.main char primary m_GIRL [B] Multiplicity index on GIRL meta.code.multip char GLON Galactic longitude of the centre of the fitted ellipse deg pos.galactic.lon GLAT Galacitc latitude of the centre of the fitted ellipse deg pos.galactic.lat Maj Semi major axis of the fitted ellipse deg phys.angSize.smajAxis;meta.modelled float Min Semi minor axis of the fitted ellipse deg phys.angSize.sminAxis;meta.modelled float PA [-90/163] Position angle of the ellipse, relative to the Galactic longitude main circles, from E to N deg pos.posAng int Iedge Inner edge of loop deg phys.angSize;src float Oedge Outer edge of loop deg phys.angSize;src float PsiI100 Significance parameter derived from IRAS/ISSA 100um images (1) stat.fit.goodness float PsiSDF100 Significance parameter derived from Schlegel et al., 1998ApJ...500..525S, 100um map stat.fit.goodness float PsiEBV Significance parameter derived from Schlegel et al., 1998ApJ...500..525S, reddening stat.fit.goodness float PsiI60 Significance parameter derived from IRAS/ISSA 60um images (1) stat.fit.goodness float CI Far-infrared colour index, DI60/DI100 mag phot.color;em.IR;em.IR float _DE.icrs Declination (ICRS) (computed by VizieR, not part of the original data) deg pos.eq.dec nullable indexed
J/A+A/463/1227/appenc Distances to individual loops recno Record number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification. meta.record int GIRL Name of the loop (Glll+bb) meta.id;meta.main char Dist ? Derived distance kpc pos.distance;pos.heliocentric float nullable Size1 ? Corresponding size kpc phys.angSize float nullable Size2 ? Corresponding size kpc phys.angSize;src float nullable AssObj Name of objects used to derive the distance of the loop meta.id;pos.distance;instr.setup char l_DistA1 Limit flag on DistA1 meta.code.error char DistA1 ? Distance of object used to derive the distance of the loop kpc pos.distance;pos.heliocentric float nullable r_DistA Reference of DistA1 and DistA2 meta.ref;pos.frame char DistA2 ? Distance of object used to derive the distance of the loop (upper limit in some cases) kpc pos.distance;pos.heliocentric float nullable e_DistA ? rms uncertainty on DistA1 and DistA2 kpc stat.error float nullable
J/A+A/463/1227/append Objects found to be (apparently) associated with our loops (see Appendix A for details) _RA.icrs Right ascension (ICRS) (computed by VizieR, not part of the original data) deg pos.eq.ra nullable indexed _DE.icrs Declination (ICRS) (computed by VizieR, not part of the original data) deg pos.eq.dec nullable indexed Type Code of object type (1) meta.code char recno Record number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification. meta.record int n_GIRL Simbad column added by the CDS meta.note char GIRL Name of the loop (Glll-bb) meta.id;meta.main char Name Object name, sometimes multiple names are provided meta.id.assoc char Pos [in ring] Relative position to the loop wall (2) meta.code char GLON Galactic longitude of the associated object deg pos.galactic.lon GLAT Galactic latitude of the associated object deg pos.galactic.lat Deff ? Extent, effective diameter for HII regions and dark clouds (3) arcmin phys.angSize float nullable Maj ? Extent, major axis for dark clouds (3) arcmin phys.angSize float nullable Min ? Extent, minor axis for dark clouds (3) arcmin phys.angSize;src float nullable GLONl ? Lower limit of Galactic longitude of extent, for OB associations (3) deg pos.galactic.lon nullable GLONu ? Upper limit of Galactic longitude of extent, for OB associations (3) deg pos.galactic.lon nullable GLATl ? Lower limit of Galactic latitude of extent, for OB associations (3) deg pos.galactic.lat float nullable GLATu ? Upper limit of Galactic latitude of extent, for OB associations (3) deg pos.galactic.lat float nullable
J/A+A/463/1227/refs References recno Record number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification. meta.record int Ref Reference code meta.note char BibCode BibCode meta.bib.bibcode char Aut Author's name meta.bib.author char Com Comments meta.note char