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3D AMR simulations of G2 as an outflow

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2017-02-22 v1

Abstract

We study the evolution of G2 in a \textit{Compact Source Scenario}, where G2 is the outflow from a low-mass central star moving on the observed orbit. This is done through 3D AMR simulations of the hydrodynamic interaction of G2 with the surrounding hot accretion flow. A comparison with observations is done by means of mock position-velocity (PV) diagrams. We found that a massive (M˙w=5×107  M  yr1\dot{M}_\mathrm{w}=5\times 10^{-7} \;M_{\odot} \; \mathrm{yr^{-1}}) and slow (vw=50  km  s1v_\mathrm{w}=50 \;\mathrm{km\; s^{-1}}) outflow can reproduce G2's properties. A faster outflow (vw=400  km  s1v_\mathrm{w}=400 \;\mathrm{km\; s^{-1}}) might also be able to explain the material that seems to follow G2 on the same orbit.

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@article{arxiv.1609.07318,
  title  = {3D AMR simulations of G2 as an outflow},
  author = {A. Ballone and M. Schartmann and A. Burkert and S. Gillessen and P. M. Plewa and O. Pfuhl and R. Genzel and F. Eisenhauer and T. Ott and E. M. George and M. Habibi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.07318},
  year   = {2017}
}

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2 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 322: The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre