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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.DISTRIBUTION OF THE GAS

2.1.HI 21 cm Emission Line Studies

2.2.Optical and Ultraviolet Absorption Line Studies

2.3.Soft X-ray Studies

2.4.Optical and Ultraviolet Emission Line Studies

2.5.Radio Studies of the Ionized Gas

2.6.Nonthermal Radio Emission, Magnetic Fields and the Cosmic-Ray Halo

3.IONIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF MILKY WAY HALO GAS

4.ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCES IN MILKY WAY HALO GAS

5.KINEMATICS OF MILKY WAY HALO GAS

6.THE ORIGIN OF GALACTIC HALO GAS

7.ABSORPTION BY MILKY WAY HALO GAS AND THE ABSORPTION LINE SYSTEMS SEEN IN THE SPECTRA OF QSOS

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