A minimum-hypothesis explanation for the Radcliffe Wave: Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2021-01-19 v1
Abstract
It is suggested that the wavelike character of the recently discovered 2.7-kiloparsec spatially and kinematically coherent complex of interstellar clouds in the solar neighborhood--the Radcliffe Wave--may be the result of a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability arising at the interface between the Galactic disk and non-corotating halo.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.02315,
title = {A minimum-hypothesis explanation for the Radcliffe Wave: Kelvin-Helmholtz instability},
author = {Robert Fleck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02315},
year = {2021}
}