Bayesian inference of three-dimensional gas maps: II. Galactic HI

Abstract

The 21-cm emission from atomic hydrogen (HI) is one of the most important tracers of the structure and dynamics of the interstellar medium. Thanks to Galactic rotation, the line is Doppler shifted and, assuming a model for the velocity field, data from gas line surveys can be deprojected along the line of sight. However, given our vantage point in the Galaxy, such a reconstruction suffers from a number of ambiguities. Here, we argue that those can be cured by exploiting the spatial coherence of the gas density that is implied by the physical processes shaping it. We have adopted a Bayesian inference framework that allows reconstructing the three-dimensional map of HI and quantifying its uncertainty. We employ data from the HI4PI compilation to produce three-dimensional maps of Galactic HI. The reconstructed density shows structure on a variety of scales. In particular, some spurs and spiral arms can be identified with ease. We discuss the morphology of the surface mass density and the radial and vertical profiles. The reconstructed three-dimensional HI densities are available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5956696.

arXiv commentAppendix with discussions on dust and gas correlations added

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