Diameters, masses and velocity dispersions of about 7600 HI clouds
were determined on the base of HI RATAN-600 Survey in the second
and third quadrants of galactic longitudes in
180 degree < l < 260 degree, -15 dg. < b < +15 dg. and
100 dg. < l < 150 dg., -10 dg. < b < +10 dg..
It is found that mean clouds linear diameters along Galactic
plane are 2.5 times greater than in transverse direction.
The relation between HI concentrations and cloud diameters
in the form of nH proportionalli d-1.25+-0.01
is confirmed regardless of selection effects. The correlation
coefficient between log nH and log d is equal -0.87
(figure 1).
It is shown that other important dependence - velocity dispersion
versus cloud diameters, that is found from molecular clouds, in the
case of HI clouds is completely absent ( figure 2 ).
This is probably due to negligible role of intrinsic turbulence
in the HI clouds.
It is found that 36% of HI clouds have systematic velocity gradient
across cloud disks that is may be due to clouds rotation.
This phenomenon may explain rather high velocity widths of HI
line profiles.
Mean clouds angular rotational velocity is about
10-13 radians * s-1, mean rotational energy is
about 1048 ergs, that is comparable to the energy of
random cloud motions.
Finally, observable quantities of clouds with opposite directions
of rotation are equal within 5% in both galactic quadrants investigated.
Figure 1. The dependence of HI atomic density in the
clouds from their linear diameters for 7710 clouds at II
and III galactic quadrants.
Figure 2. The dependence of HI emission line halfwidths in
the clouds from their linear diameters.
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