Publications

A complete list of my publications is also available at the Astrophysics Data System (ADS).

Theses

• The Relics of Structure Formation: High-Velocity Clouds around the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way
  Westmeier, T. 2007, Ph.D. thesis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• H i-Beobachtungen zur Struktur und Verteilung kompakter Hochgeschwindigkeitswolken
  Westmeier, T. 2003, Diplom thesis, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  (PDF file, 6.3 MB, in German)

Refereed Journal Articles

• High-resolution 21-cm observations of low-column density gas clumps in the Milky Way halo
  Ben Bekhti, N., Richter, P., Winkel, B., Kenn, F. & Westmeier, T. 2009, A&A, 503, 483
  (astro-ph/0907.0171)
• Relics of structure formation: extra-planar gas and high-velocity clouds around the Andromeda Galaxy
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2008, MNRAS, 390, 1691
  (astro-ph/0808.3611)
• Ca ii and Na i absorption signatures from extraplanar gas in the halo of the Milky Way
  Ben Bekhti, N., Richter, P., Westmeier, T. & Murphy, M. T. 2008, A&A, 487, 583
  (astro-ph/0806.3204)
• The scattered debris of the Magellanic Stream
  Westmeier, T. & Koribalski, B. S. 2008, MNRAS, 388, L29
  (astro-ph/0805.0820)
• Physical properties of two compact high-velocity clouds possibly associated with the Leading Arm of the Magellanic System
  Ben Bekhti, N., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Westmeier, T. 2006, A&A, 457, 917
  (astro-ph/0607383)
• Low column density gas clumps in the halo of the Milky Way
  Richter, P., Westmeier, T. & Brüns, C. 2005, A&A, 442, L49
  (astro-ph/0509585)
• Westerbork H i observations of high-velocity clouds near M31 and M33
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R. & Thilker, D. A. 2005, A&A, 436, 101
  (astro-ph/0503246)
• Effelsberg H i observations of compact high-velocity clouds
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2005, A&A, 432, 937
  (astro-ph/0502011)
• H i observations of an ultra-compact high-velocity cloud
  Brüns, C. & Westmeier, T. 2004, A&A, 426, L9
  (astro-ph/0409153)

Conference Proceedings

• Low-column density HVC and IVC gas in the halo of the Milky Way
  Ben Bekhti, N., Richter, P., Winkel, B., Kenn, F., Westmeier, T. & Murphy, M. T. 2009, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "The Role of Disk-Halo Interaction in Galaxy Evolution: Outflow vs. Infall?", 18–22 August 2008, Espinho, Portugal
• The relics of structure formation: Extra-planar gas and high-velocity clouds around M31
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Thilker, D. A. 2008, ASP Conf. Ser., 393, 283
  (Online article, subscription required)
• Ca ii and Na i absorption signatures from the circumgalactic gas of the Milky Way
  Ben Bekhti, N., Murphy, M. T., Richter, P. & Westmeier, T. 2008, Astrophys. and Space Sci. Proc., "Galaxies in the Local Volume", p. 273
  (astro-ph/0708.1855)
• The relics of galaxy evolution: High-velocity clouds around M31
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Thilker, D. A. 2008, Astrophys. and Space Sci. Proc., "Galaxies in the Local Volume", p. 235
  (Springer website)
• HVC and IVC gas in the halo of the Milky Way
  Ben Bekhti, N., Richter, P. & Westmeier, T. 2007, EAS Publications Series, 24, 281
  (astro-ph/0611109)
• The relics of galaxy evolution: high-velocity clouds around the Andromeda Galaxy
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Thilker, D. A. 2007, New Astronomy Reviews, 51, 108
  (Online article, subscription required)
• H i throughout the circum-galactic environment of Andromeda
  Thilker, D. A., Braun, R. & Westmeier, T. 2005, ASP Conf. Ser., 331, 113
  (Online article, subscription required)
• Compact high-velocity clouds around the Galaxy and M31
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2005, ASP Conf. Ser., 331, 105
  (astro-ph/0409371)
• Effelsberg H i survey of compact high-velocity clouds
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2004, ASP Conf. Ser., 327, 297
  (astro-ph/0310247)

Posters

• The relics of structure formation: Extra-planar gas and high-velocity clouds around M31
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Thilker, D. A. 2008, 211th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, 7–11 January 2008, Austin, TX (USA)
  (PDF file, 610 kB)
• The relics of structure formation: Extra-planar gas and high-velocity clouds around M31
  Westmeier, T., Braun, R., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Thilker, D. A. 2007, Bash Symposium »New Horizons in Astronomy«, 14–16 October 2007, Austin, TX (USA)
  (PDF file, 610 kB)
• High-velocity gas in the halo of the Milky Way
  Ben Bekhti, N., Richter, P. & Westmeier, T. 2007, conference »Galaxies in the Local Volume«, 9–13 July 2007, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
• Physical parameters of two compact high-velocity clouds
  Ben Bekhti, N., Brüns, C., Kerp, J. & Westmeier, T. 2005, Herbsttagung der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 26–30 September 2005, Cologne (Germany)
  (PDF file, 600 kB)
• The LAB survey: database for Galactic H i emission
  Kalberla, P. M. W., Westmeier, T. & Kerp, J. 2005, International XEUS Workshop at MPE, 30–31 May 2005, Garching (Germany)
  (PDF file, 1.2 MB)
• Effelsberg H i survey of compact high-velocity clouds
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2003, conference »Satellites and Tidal Streams«, 26–29 May 2003, Los Cancajos, La Palma (Spain)
  (PDF file, 380 kB)
• Effelsberg H i survey of compact high-velocity clouds
  Westmeier, T., Brüns, C. & Kerp, J. 2003, Initial ALFA Extragalactic H i Consortium Meeting, 14–17 March 2003, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (USA)
  (PDF file, 220 kB)