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在银河系光环的高速云中发现分子
P Richter1, K S de Boer, H Widmann
1Sternwarte der Universität Bonn, Germany. prichter@astro.uni-bonn.de
Nature
|December 10, 1999
概括
研究人员在高速云中发现了分子,这表明它起源于银河系的磁盘. 这一发现有助于解释这些神秘的银河气体云的起源.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 银河系的动力学
- 星际介质的组成 星际介质的组成
背景情况:
- 银河系的光环是高速度云 (HVC) 的宿主,其起源尚不清楚.
- 它们的运动偏离银河系的旋转,使得质量和起源的确定变得困难.
- 两种主要理论提出HVCs起源于银河系外流或星际积聚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究银河系中高速云的起源.
- 为了区分内部银河系或外部银河系间的HVC来源.
- 分析特定HVC的组成,以推断其历史.
主要方法:
- 在HVC中检测分子吸收.
- 对HVC向大麦哲伦云的光谱分析.
- 在HVC中确定铁的丰度.
主要成果:
- 在特定的高速云中发现分子的吸收.
- 在这个HVC中测量的铁丰度大约是太阳值的50%.
- 分子和金属的存在表明它起源于银河系.
结论:
- 研究的高速云很可能起源于从银河系盘中弹出的气体.
- 这些发现支持涉及银河系喷泉或外流的理论.
- 这项研究为HVC形成机制提供了关键的观察证据.
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