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We present three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of the self-gravitating interstellar medium (ISM) in a periodic (256 pc)$^3$ box with a mean number density of 0.5 cm$^{-3}$. At a fixed supernova rate we investigate the…

In this work, we have carried out a two-dimensional (2D) simulation of thermal instability (TI) in interstellar matter (ISM), considering it to be a weakly ionised inviscid plasma with radiation loss. We carry out the simulation using our…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Hitendra Sarkar , Madhurjya P. Bora

Cosmological simulations show that, at the present time, a substantial fraction of the gas in the intergalactic medium (IGM) has been shock-heated to T>10^5 K. Here we develop an analytic model to describe the fraction of shocked,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Steven Furlanetto , Abraham Loeb

We have performed high resolution 3D simulations with adaptive mesh refinement, following the ISM evolution in a star forming galaxy both on small (<1 pc) and large (>10 kpc) scales, enabling us to track structures in cooling shock…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Miguel A. de Avillez , Dieter Breitschwerdt

We present a method for modelling star-forming clouds that combines two different models of the thermal evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM). In the combined model, where the densities are low enough that at least some part of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Matthew R. Bate , Eric R. Keto

We study the thermal structure of the neutral atomic (H {\small I}) interstellar medium across a wide range of metallicities, from supersolar down to vanishing metallicity, and for varying UV intensities and cosmic-ray ionization rates. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-04 Shmuel Bialy , Amiel Sternberg

Electrons densities in different locations of our galaxy are obtained in pulsar astronomy by dividing the dispersion measure (DM) by the distance of the pulsar to Earth. The properties of the interstellar plasma are related to its heating.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Y. Ben-Aryeh

Turbulence in the intracluster medium (ICM) is driven by active galactic nuclei (AGNs) jets, by mergers, and in the wakes of infalling galaxies. It not only governs gas motion but also plays a key role in the ICM thermodynamics. Turbulence…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-10 Rajsekhar Mohapatra , Mrinal Jetti , Prateek Sharma , Christoph Federrath

We present a semi-analytic model for the interstellar medium that considers local processes and structures of turbulent star-forming gas. A volume element of the interstellar medium is described as a multiphase system, comprising a cold and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Harald Braun , Wolfram Schmidt

Magnetic fields grow quickly, even at early cosmological times, suggesting the action of a small-scale dynamo (SSD) in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. Many studies have focused on idealized, isotropic, homogeneous, turbulent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-15 Frederick A. Gent , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Maarit J. Korpi-Lagg , Nishant K. Singh

We performed numerical simulations of supersonic isothermal turbulence driven by mostly compressive large-scale forcing, using both a static grid and adaptive mesh refinement with an effective resolution N=768^3. After a transient phase…

Substructure in the interstellar medium (ISM) is crucial for establishing the correlation between star formation and feedback and has the capacity to significantly perturb stellar orbits, thus playing a central role in galaxy dynamics and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-06 Shaunak Modak , Eve C. Ostriker , Chris Hamilton , Scott Tremaine

Supernova (SN) explosions deposit prodigious energy and momentum in their environments, with the former regulating multiphase thermal structure and the latter regulating turbulence and star formation rates in the interstellar medium (ISM).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Chang-Goo Kim , Eve C. Ostriker

Dynamic and thermal processes regulate the structure of the multi-phase interstellar medium (ISM), and ultimately establish how galaxies evolve through star formation. Thus, to constrain ISM models and better understand the interplay of…

A cool phase of the interstellar medium has been observed in many giant elliptical galaxies, but its origin remains unclear. We propose that uneven heating from Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia), together with radiative cooling, can lead to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-01 Miao Li , Yuan Li , Greg L. Bryan , Eve C. Ostriker , Eliot Quataert

Supernova (SN) blast waves inject energy and momentum into the interstellar medium (ISM), control its turbulent multiphase structure and the launching of galactic outflows. Accurate modelling of the blast wave evolution is therefore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Sebastian Haid , Stefanie Walch , Thorsten Naab , Daniel Seifried , Jonathan Mackey , Andrea Gatto

We present a hydrodynamical simulation of the turbulent, magnetized, supernova (SN)-driven interstellar medium (ISM) in a stratified box that dynamically couples the injection and evolution of cosmic rays (CRs) and a self-consistent…

Constraints on the clustered mass density \Omega_m of the universe derived from the mean intracluster gas fraction of X-ray clusters may be biased by a single-phase assumption for the thermodynamic structure of the intracluster medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Nagai , M. E. Sulkanen , A. E. Evrard

Context. Multi-wavelength studies of galaxies and galactic nuclei allow us to build a relatively more complete picture of the interstellar medium (ISM), especially in the dusty regions of starburst galaxies. An understanding of the physical…

It is generally recognized that the interstellar medium has a vast range of densities and temperatures. While these two properties are usually anticorrelated with each other, there are nevertheless variations in their product, i.e., the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward B. Jenkins , Todd M. Tripp