\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{tab:MW}Properties of gas components of the Milky Way. } %\begin{tabular}{rcccc} %\hline %Component & $M$ $(10^9~$$M_\odot)^a$& L$_{\rm d}$ $($pc$)^b$ & $\sigma$ $($km$~$s$^{-1})^c$ & $E_{\rm kin}$ ($10^{55}~$erg$~$s$^{-1})^d$\\[0.3cm] %\hline % molecular gas & 2 & 150 & 5 & 8.6\\ % atomic gas$^e$ & 6 & 1000$^f$ & 12 & 0.5\\ % \hline %\end{tabular} %\centerline { \begin{tabular}{lcc} \hline\hline Component &molecular gas & atomic gas\\ \hline\\[-0.3cm] $M$ $(10^9~$$M_\odot)$\tablefootmark{a}& 2 &6\\ $L_{\rm d}$ (pc)\tablefootmark{b} & 150 & 1000\\ $\sigma$ (km~s$^{-1}$)\tablefootmark{c} & 5 & 12\\ $E_{\rm kin}$ ($10^{55}$~erg~s$^{-1}$)\tablefootmark{d} & 0.5 & 8.6\\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{Total mass of the component. Values from \citet{Ferriere:2001p2879} and \citet{Kalberla:2003p2981}.} \tablefoottext{b}{We take twice the observed disk scale height as the true thickness to be considered.} \tablefoottext{c}{The parameter $\sigma$ is the 3-dimensional velocity dispersion. We take the 1-dimensional velocity dispersion of the molecular gas to be $2.9~$km$~$s$^{-1}$ and of the HI gas to be $6.9~$km$~$s$^{-1}$.} \tablefoottext{d}{Total kinetic energy of the component, $E_{\rm kin} = 1/2 ~ M \sigma^2$.}} \end{table}