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The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals two large bubbles in the Galaxy, which extend nearly symmetrically ~50 degrees above and below the Galactic center (GC). Using three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 H. -Y. K. Yang , M. Ruszkowski , P. M. Ricker , E. Zweibel , D. Lee

The Fermi bubbles are two giant bubbles in gamma rays lying above and below the Galactic center (GC). Despite numerous studies on the bubbles, their origin and emission mechanism remain elusive. Here we use a suite of hydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-20 Ruiyu Zhang , Fulai Guo

The origin of the Fermi bubbles recently detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in the inner Galaxy is mysterious. In the companion paper Guo & Mathews (Paper I), we use hydrodynamic simulations to show that they could be produced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Fulai Guo , William G. Mathews , Gregory Dobler , S. Peng Oh

The nature and origin of the Fermi bubbles detected in the inner Galaxy remain elusive. In this paper, we briefly discuss some recent theoretical and observational developments, with a focus on the AGN jet model. Analogous to radio lobes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Fulai Guo

Data from the Fermi-LAT reveal two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50 degrees above and below the Galactic center, with a width of about 40 degrees in longitude. The gamma-ray emission associated with these bubbles has a significantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-01-03 Meng Su , Tracy R. Slatyer , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope reveals two large bubbles in the Galaxy, extending nearly symmetrically $\sim50^{\circ}$ above and below the Galactic center (GC). Previous simulations of bubble formation invoking active galactic nucleus…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-03 Po-Hsun Tseng , H. -Y. Karen Yang , Chun-Yen Chen , Hsi-Yu Schive , Tzihong Chiueh

Recently evidence has emerged for enormous features in the gamma-ray sky observed by the Fermi-LAT instrument: bilateral `bubbles' of emission centered on the core of the Galaxy and extending to around 10 kpc above and below the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-03-24 Roland M. Crocker , Felix Aharonian

A pair of giant gamma-ray bubbles have been revealed by the {\it Fermi} LAT. In this paper we investigate their formation mechanism. Observations have indicated that the activity of the supermassive black hole located at the Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Guobin Mou , Feng Yuan , Defu Bu , Mouyuan Sun , Meng Su

{\it Fermi}-LAT has recently detected two gamma ray bubbles disposed symmetrically with respect to the Galactic plane. The bubbles have been suggested to be in a quasi-steady state, inflated by ongoing star formation over the age of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 K. Zubovas , A. R. King , S. Nayakshin

The Fermi and eROSITA bubbles are giant gamma-ray and X-ray lobes in the Milky Way, extending up to $\sim$50{\deg} and ~$\sim$80{\deg} in galactic latitude, respectively, yet their origins remain debated. Using three-dimensional…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Ruiyu Zhang , Fulai Guo , Shaokun Xie , Ruofei Zhang , Shumin Wang , Guobin Mou , Xiaodong Duan

Fermi bubbles are giant gamma-ray structures extended north and south of the Galactic center with characteristic sizes of order of 10 kpc recently discovered by Fermi Large Area Telescope. Good correlation between radio and gamma-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 D. O. Chernyshov , K. S. Cheng , V. A. Dogiel , C. M. Ko

Recently, the {\it{Fermi}} space telescope has discovered two large $\gamma$-ray emission regions, the so-called "Fermi bubbles", that extend up to $\sim 50^\circ$ above and below the Galactic center. The $\gamma$-ray emission from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Satyendra Thoudam

The Fermi bubbles are two lobes filled with non-thermal particles that emit gamma rays, extend $\approx$10 kpc vertically from the Galactic center, and formed from either nuclear star formation or accretion activity on Sgr A*. Simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Matthew J. Miller , Joel N. Bregman

Fermi has discovered two giant gamma-ray-emitting bubbles that extend nearly 10kpc in diameter north and south of the galactic center (GC). The existence of the bubbles was first evidenced in X-rays detected by ROSAT and later WMAP detected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 K. S. Cheng , D. O. Chernyshov , V. A. Dogiel , C. -M. Ko , W. -H. Ip

The origin of the Fermi bubbles and the microwave haze is yet to be determined. To disentangle different models requires detailed comparisons between theoretical predictions and multi-wavelength observations. Our previous simulations have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-10-30 H. -Y. K. Yang , M. Ruszkowski , E. Zweibel

The Fermi bubbles, two giant gamma-ray bubbles above and below the Galactic center (GC), are among the most important findings of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Because of the proximity, spatially resolved, multi-wavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-01 H. -Y. K. Yang , M. Ruszkowski

The Fermi and eROSITA bubbles in the Milky Way represent an archetypal case of galactic nucleus feedback, yet their origin remains highly debated. Here we use hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the formation of the "Fermi bubbles" in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-09 Shaokun Xie , Fulai Guo , Ruiyu Zhang , B. Mingo , Fangzheng Shi , Jiang-Tao Li

The $Fermi$ gamma-ray telescope discovered a pair of bubbles at the Galactic center. These structures are spatially-correlated with the microwave emission detected by the WMAP and Planck satellites. These bubbles were likely inflated by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 M. Ruszkowski , H. -Y. K. Yang , E. Zweibel

Fermi has discovered two giant gamma-ray-emitting bubbles that extend nearly 10 kpc in diameter. We propose that periodic star capture processes by the galactic supermassive black hole, Sgr A*, with a capture rate $<10^{-5}$ yr$^{-1}$ and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-09-29 V. A. Dogiel , D. O. Chernyshov , K. -S. Cheng , Y. Wang , C. -M. Ko , W. -H. Ip

Fermi LAT has discovered two extended gamma-ray bubbles above and below the galactic plane. We propose that their origin is due to the energy release in the Galactic center (GC) as a result of quasi-periodic star accretion onto the central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-09-14 D. O. Chernyshov , K. -S. Cheng , V. A. Dogiel , C. M. Ko , W. -H. Ip , Y. Wang
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