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Using ultra-violet absorption-lines, we analyze the systematic properties of the warm ionized phase of starburst-driven winds in a sample of 39 low-redshift objects that spans broad ranges in starburst and galaxy properties. Total column…

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The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a nearby laboratory for studying the fate of cool gas streams injected into a gaseous galactic halo. We investigate properties of the boundary layer between the cool MS gas and the hot Milky Way halo with 21 cm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Lou Nigra , Snezana Stanimirovic , John S. Gallagher , Kenneth Wood , David Nidever , Steven Majewski

The ejection of the gas out of the disk in late-type galaxies is related to star formation and is due mainly to Type II supernovae. In this paper we studied in detail the development of the Galactic fountains in order to understand their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Melioli , F. Brighenti , A. D'Ercole , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

The dominant gaseous structure in the Galactic halo is the Magellanic Stream, an extended network of neutral and ionized filaments surrounding the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC/SMC), the two most massive satellite galaxies of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-10 Scott Lucchini , Elena D'Onghia , Andrew J Fox , Chad Bustard , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Ellen Zweibel

We report the first evidence of molecular gas in two atomic hydrogen (HI) clouds associated with gas outflowing from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We used the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) to detect and spatially resolve…

We detect high-velocity absorbing gas using Hubble Space Telescope and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer medium resolution spectroscopy along two high-latitude AGN sight lines (Mrk 1383 and PKS 2005-489) above and below the Galactic…

The origin of our Galaxy's high-velocity clouds (HVCs) remains a mystery after many decades of effort. In this paper, we use the TNG50 simulation of the IllustrisTNG project to identify cool, dense clouds that match observations of Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-21 Scott Lucchini , Jiwon Jesse Han , Lars Hernquist , Charlie Conroy

Galactic winds and fountains driven by supernova-heated gas play an integral role in re-distributing gas in galaxies, depositing metals in the circumgalactic medium (CGM), and quenching star formation. The interplay between these outflows…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-15 Chad Bustard , Stephen A. Pardy , Elena D'Onghia , Ellen G. Zweibel , J. S. Gallagher

Within a fully cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, we form a galaxy which rotates at 140 km/s, and is characterised by two loose spiral arms and a bar, indicative of a Hubble Type SBc/d galaxy. We show that our simulated galaxy has no…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 C. B. Brook , G. Stinson , B. K. Gibson , R. Roškar , J. Wadsley , T. Quinn

The Magellanic Stream is a 100\deg x 10\deg filament of gas which lies within the Galactic halo and contains ~ 2 x 10^8 \Msun of neutral hydrogen. We present data from the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) in the first complete survey of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. E. Putman , L. Staveley-Smith , K. C. Freeman , B. K. Gibson , D. G. Barnes

We study the interaction of galactic wind with hot halo gas using hydrodynamical simulations. We find that the outcome of this interaction depends crucially on the wind injection density and velocity. Various phases of the extraplanar media…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Mahavir Sharma , Biman B. Nath , Indranil Chattopadhyay , Yuri Shchekinov

Stars aligned in thin stream-like features (feathers), with widths of $\delta\sim1-10^{\circ}$ and lengths as large as $\Delta l\sim180^{\circ}$, have been observed towards the Anticenter of our Galaxy and their properties mapped in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-05 Chervin F. P. Laporte , Kathryn V. Johnston , Anastasios Tzanidakis

We report the direct detection of cold HI gas in a cloud ejected from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) towards the Magellanic Stream. The cloud is part of a fragmented shell of HI gas on the outskirts of the SMC. This is the second direct…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 J. Dempsey , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , K. Jameson , F. Buckland-Willis

Galactic winds are a crucial player in galaxy formation and evolution, but observations of them have proven extraordinarily difficult to interpret, leaving large uncertainties even in basic quantities such as mass outflow rates. Part of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-30 Yuxuan Yuan , Mark R. Krumholz , Crystal L. Martin

The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a well-resolved gaseous tail originating from the Magellanic Clouds. Studies of its physical properties and chemical composition are needed to understand its role in Galactic evolution. We investigate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Nimisha Kumari , Andrew J. Fox , Jason Tumlinson , Christopher Thom , Tobias Westmeier , Justin Ely

From an analysis of the sky and velocity distributions of the high-velocity clouds (HVCs) we show that the majority of the HVCs has a common origin. We conclude that the HVCs surround the Galaxy, forming a metacloud of 300 kpc in size and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Carlos A. Olano

Cold atomic and molecular gas are commonly observed in the winds of both external galaxies and the Milky Way, yet the survival and origin of these cool phases within hot galactic winds is poorly understood. To help gain insight into these…

High velocity clouds supply the Milky Way with gas that sustains star formation over cosmic timescales. Precise distance measurements are therefore essential to quantify their mass inflow rates and gauge their exact contribution to the…

Circumgalactic gas around massive galaxies generally has a volume-filling component -- an atmosphere -- with a temperature determined by the potential-well depth of the galaxy's halo. If the atmosphere is near hydrostatic equilibrium and is…

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