Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Bruce’s Letter xv

Conference Poster xvi

Organizing Committees xvii

Conference Photograph xviii

List of Participants xix

The Milky Way: Four Centuries of Discovery of the Galaxy 1 S. N. Shore Gas in the Disk & Halo

HI Clouds Beyond the Galactic Disk 17 F. J. Lockman

The WHAM Northern Sky Survey and the Nature of the Warm Ionized Medium in the Galaxy 25 G. J. Madsen

The Structure of Galactic Hydrogen on the Largest Scales 34 N. M. McClure-Griffiths, J. M. Dickey, B. M. Gaensler, & A. J. Green

The BU-FCRAO Galactic Ring Survey 39 T. M. Bania, J. M. Jackson, D. P. Clemens, M. H. Heyer, R. Simon, R. Shah, & J. Rathborne

The View of the Interstellar Medium with the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey 43 K. A. Douglas, & A. R. Taylor

Dark Hydrogen in the Galactic Plane 47 S. J. Gibson, A. R. Taylor, J. M. Stil, L. A. Higgs, P. E. Dewdney, & C. M. Brunt vi

Diffuse Infrared Excess Features in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey 51 K. A. Douglas, & A. R. Taylor

The Oxygen Abundance in our Galaxy 52 L. S. Pilyugin, F. Ferrini, & R. V. Shkvarun

Ionization of the Galactic Halo 53 J. D. Slavin

Diffuse Ionized Gas and the Disk-Halo Interaction in Spiral Galaxies 61 R.-J. Dettmar

Are all the DIGs the Same? 71 A. M. Hidalgo-Gamez´

Radio Halos in Star Forming Galaxies 75 U. Lisenfeld, M. Dahlem, & M. Ehle

Brackett-γ Line Survey of the Ionized Hydrogen in the Galactic Plane. 79 A. S. Kutyrev, C. L. Bennett, S. H. Moseley, R. J. Reynolds, & F. L. Roesler

Leaky H II Regions and Helium Ionization in the Reynolds Layer 83 K. Wood, & J. S. Mathis

Reynolds layers in Nearby Galaxies: the Face–On View 88 J. E. Beckman, & A. Zurita

Volume Filling Factors of the DIG 93 D. Mitra, E. M. Berkhuijsen, & P. Muller¨

Latest Results of the SETHi Survey at Arecibo 97 E. J. Korpela, P. Demorest, E. Heien, C. Heiles, & D. Werthimer

Job Accomplished? The Escape of Ionizing Radiation from the Disks of Spiral Galaxies 101 M. Castellanos, D. Valls-Gabaud, A. I. D´ıaz, & G. Tenorio-Tagle vii

Modeling the Diffuse Ionized Gas with Cloudy 102 T. Elwert, & R.–J. Dettmar

Diffuse Ionized Medium Panel Discussion 103 R. J. Reynolds, R. L. Shelton, S. L. Tufte, & the rest of the “tertulianos”

Gas Dynamics

Absorption Line Studies in the Halo 129 P. Richter

Dynamical Evolution of High Velocity Clouds in the Galactic Halo 136 C. Konz, G. T. Birk, & H. Lesch

Pulsar Bow Shocks as Probes of Warm Neutral Gas 141 B. M. Gaensler, B. Stappers, S. Chatterjee, P. Ghavamian, D. H. Jones, & J. Cordes

Highly Ionized HVCs towards PKS 2155–304: Galactic or Extragalactic? 146 J. A. Collins, J. M. Shull, & M. L. Giroux

Towards an Understanding of the Dynamics of the Milky Way 147 K. Hachisuka, & M. Miyoshi

FUSE Observations of O VI Emission from the Galactic Fountain 148 B. Otte, W. V. Dixon, R. Sankrit, & M. Bonamente

Pattern Speeds of Three Spirals Using CO and the Tremaine-Weinberg Method 149 R. J. Rand, P. Zimmer, & J. T. McGraw

Gas Infall onto the Superthin IC 2233 150 L. D. Matthews, & J. M. Uson

High-Velocity Gas Observed towards the Shajn 147 Supernova Remnant 152 S. Sallmen, B. Y. Welsh, & R. Lallement

Hot Gas

Hot Gas in the Galaxy 155 W. T. Sanders viii

Bubbles and Superbubbles 165 Y.-H. Chu, M. A. Guerrero, & R. A. Gruendl

The Chandra View of M101: What Can We Learn About the Milky Way? 173 K. D. Kuntz

FUSE Observations of the Vela Supernova Remnant 177 R. Sankrit

Circumstellar Interaction in Young Radio Supernovae 181 M. A. Perez-Torres,´ & A. Alberdi

Chandra Archive of Nearby Galaxies. I. Normal Galaxies 186 C.-H. R. Chen, S. Wang, M. A. Guerrero, Y.-H. Chu, & R. A. Gruendl

HI Shells in the 2nd Galactic Quadrant 187 S. Ehlerova´

Key Science Programs for the SPEAR Mission 188 E. J. Korpela, J. Edelstein, K. Nishikida, B. Welsh, K.–W. Min, W. Han, K.–I. Seon, & D.–H. Lee

Chandra Archive of Nearby Galaxies. II. Galaxies with Nuclear Activity 189 S. Wang, C.-H. R. Chen, M. A. Guerrero, Y.-H. Chu, & R. A. Gruendl

Heating and Cooling in the ISM (Panel Discussion) 191 T. W. Hartquist, & J. Raymond

The Stellar Component

The Galactic Centre and its Black Hole 201 R. Schodel,¨ & R. Genzel

Stellar Metallicities and the Formation of the Galactic Bulge 209 I. Ferreras, R. F. G. Wyse, & J. Silk

The Galactic Bar 213 R. Fux

Stellar Distribution in the Galactic Disk from NIR Color-Magnitude Diagrams 221 A. Cabrera-Lavers, F. Garzon,´ & P. Hammersley ix

Stellar Clusters in the Nucleus of Galaxies 225 R. M. Gonzalez–Delgado´

Massive Young Clusters 231 J. Ma´ız–Apellaniz´

Deep Multicolor NIR Survey of the Galactic Plane 240 A. Cabrera-Lavers, F. Garzon,´ B. Vicente, & P. Hammersley

Tracing the History of the Galaxy with Globular Clusters 241 F. R. Ferraro

Tidal Debris in the Galactic Halo 249 D. Mart´ınez-Delgado

Star Formation in High-Redshift ISM 257 A. M. Wolfe

Gas Inflow in Spiral Galaxies from Kiloparsec to Parsec Scale 265 W. Maciejewski

Open Clusters as Tracers of the Cygnus Arm 269 A. Marco, & I. Negueruela

Triaxial Bulge and In-Plane Bar of the Milky Way 271 S. Picaud

Tidal Shocks on Globular Clusters 272 S. Leon, L. Verdes-Montenegro, G. Bergond, G. Meylan, & F. Combes

Evolution of Globular Cluster Populations in Compact Galaxy Groups 273 S. Leon, J. Perea, A. Athanassoula, G. Bergond, G. Meylan, A. Del Olmo, & G. Garc´ıa– Gomez´

Near IR Color–Magnitude Diagrams of Bulge Globular Clusters 274 E. Valenti, F. R. Ferraro, & L. Origlia

Magnetic Field & Plasma

Magnetic Fields in the Milky Way and Other Spiral Galaxies 277 R. Beck x

The Origin of Galactic Magnetic Fields 287 K. M. Ferriere`

Magnetic Turbulence in the WIM 295 A. Minter

Magnetic Fields and Spiral Structure 299 A. Fletcher, R. Beck, E. M. Berkhuijsen, C. Horellou, & A. Shukurov

Calculations of the Dynamo Coefficients in Galactic Magnetic Fields with Shear 303 K. Otmianowska-Mazur, M. Hanasz, & G. Kowal

Galactic Magnetic Fields, from Radio Polarimetry of the WIM 307 M. Haverkorn, P. Katgert, A. G. de Bruyn, & F. Heitsch

Radio Polarimetry in the Southern Galactic Plane Survey 312 M. Haverkorn, B. M. Gaensler, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, J. M. Dickey, & A. J. Green

The Truncation of the Stellar Disk of the Milky Way: A Magnetic Effect? 313 E. Battaner, E. Florido, A. Guijarro & A. Castillo-Morales

The Parker Instability 315 J. Kim, D. Ryu, S. S. Hong, S. M. Lee, & J. Franco

3D MHD Modeling of the Galaxy 323 G. C. Gomez,´ & D. P. Cox

The Frequency Evolution of Interstellar Pulse Broadening from Radio Pulsars 327 O. Lohmer,¨ D. Mitra, Y. Gupta, M. Kramer, & A. Ahuja

3D HD and MHD Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of the Global and Local ISM 331 M. A. de Avillez, & D. Breitschwerdt

The Turbulent Interstellar Medium: Insights and Questions from Numerical Mod- els 339 M.-M. Mac Low, M. A. de Avillez, & M. J. Korpi

HI: Temperatures, Magnetism, Turbulence, Morphology (Panel Discussion) 347 C. Heiles xi

The Local Environment

Cosmic Rays and γ Rays in the Galaxy 359 I. A. Grenier

Probing the Disk-Halo Connection through the Local Interstellar Chimney 369 B. Y. Welsh, R. Lallement, & S. Sallman

The SPEAR (Spectroscopy of Emission from Astrophysical Radiation) Mission 373 J. Edelstein, E. J. Korpela, K. Nishikida, B. Y. Welsh, K.-W. Min, D.-H. Lee, W. Han, U.-W. Nam

Dense Gas Contours Surrounding the Local Cavity: Comparison with the Soft X-ray Background Emission Map 377 R. Lallement, J. L. Bertaux, F. Crifo, E. Quemerais,´ J. Raymond, J. Vallerga, J. L. Vergely , & B. Welsh,

FUSE Observations of the Hot Post-AGB Star ZNG 1 in the Globular Cluster M5382 W. V. D. Dixon, T. M. Brown, & W. B. Landsman

3D Simulations of the Local Bubble: How Much Ovi Can We Expect? 383 D. Breitschwerdt, & M. A. de Avillez

XMM-Newton Observations of the Local Bubble and the Galactic Halo 384 D. Breitschwerdt, & M. Freyberg

The Temperature of Massive Stars 385 M. Garc´ıa, & L. Bianchi

FUSE Survey of the Local Interstellar Medium 386 N. Lehner, C.Gry, E. B. Jenkins„ H. W. Moos, & S. Lacour

Diffuse OVI Emission towards the Loop I Superbubble 387 S. Sallmen, & E. J. Korpela,

The Local Bubble: Where is the ∼300,000 K Gas? 389 R. L. Shelton,

Is the Local Bubble Dead? (Panel Discussion) 391 D. Breitschwerdt, & D. P. Cox xii

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks 405 D. Cox, & R. Reynolds,

Author’s Index 417