Ca ii and Na i absorption signatures from extraplanar gas in the halo of the Milky Way
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1 Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] 2 Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Haus 28, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany e-mail: [email protected] 3 Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping NSW 1710, Australia e-mail: [email protected] 4 Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia e-mail: [email protected]
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