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銀河のハローの高速雲の中で分子水素を発見
P Richter1, K S de Boer, H Widmann
1Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, Germany. prichter@astro.uni-bonn.de
Nature
|December 10, 1999
まとめ
研究者らは,高速度雲の中で分子水素を発見し,それが天の川の円盤から生まれたことを示しました. この発見は,これらの神秘的な銀河のガス雲の起源を説明するのに役立ちます.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 銀河のダイナミクス
- 星間媒体の構成 星間媒体の構成
背景:
- 銀河団のハロは,起源が十分に理解されていない高速雲 (HVCs) を宿している.
- 彼らの動きは銀河の自転から逸れており,質量と起源の決定を困難にしています.
- 2つの主要な理論は,HVCは銀河の流出または銀河間蓄積から発生することを提案しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 銀河系の高速雲の起源を調査する.
- HVCの内部銀河または外部銀河間ソースを区別するために.
- 特定のHVCの構成を分析し,その歴史を推測する.
主な方法:
- HVCにおける分子水素吸収の検出.
- 大マゲラン雲に向かってのHVCのスペクトル解析.
- HVC.内の鉄の豊富さの決定.
主要な成果:
- 特定の高速雲における分子水素吸収の発見.
- このHVCで測定された鉄の豊富さは,太陽光値の約50%です.
- 分子水素と金属性の存在は,天の川の内部に起源があることを示唆しています.
結論:
- 研究された高速雲は,おそらく,天の川の円盤から放出されたガスから発生した.
- この発見は,銀河の噴水や流出に関する理論を裏付けている.
- この研究は,HVC形成メカニズムに関する重要な観察証拠を提供します.
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