一个100千帕塞克的风养一个巨大的紧星系的环银河系介质
David S N Rupke1, Alison Coil2, James E Geach3
1Department of Physics, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, USA. drupke@gmail.com.
Nature
|November 1, 2019
概括
银河系的风将金属丰富的气体驱逐到远远超出银河系,形成大型环银河系和银河系间的介质. 观测显示,从一个紧的星体爆发的巨大流出, 沉积丰富的气体在很远的地方.
科学领域:
- 天文学
- 天体物理学
- 宇宙学
背景情况:
- 大多数巴里昂存在于银河系外的环银河系和银河系间介质中.
- 银河系的风可以提供这种丰富的媒介.
- 恒星爆发所观测到的风通常只延伸到10千帕塞克,比环银河系中介更小.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自紧星系的外流的范围和性质.
- 了解驱动环银河系和星际媒介的机制.
主要方法:
- 星系SDSS J211824.06+001729.4的光学整体场观测
- 对氧气[O II]排放线进行分析,以绘制离子化气体的输出流.
- 观察中性气相及其速度.
主要成果:
- 检测到一个横跨80x100平方公里的离子流出.
- 观察到金属丰富的气体通过一个沙钟形状的星云沉积.
- 中性气相在1500公里/秒的速度达到20千帕秒.
结论:
- 从紧的星体爆发中大量的多相流出可以在很大规模上丰富环银河系的介质.
- 这些外流与由恒星形成爆发驱动的理论模型一致.
- 观察到的外流结构支持疏散,双极泡的想法.
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