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We present a versatile family of model galactic outflows including non-uniform mass and energy source distributions, a gravitational potential from an extended mass source, and radiative losses. The model easily produces steady-state wind…

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A theoretical model framework of spherical symmetry is presented for a composite astrophysical system of two polytropic fluids coupled together by gravity to explore large-scale shocks and flow dynamics in clusters of galaxies or in…

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We use high resolution N-Body/SPH simulations to study the hydro-dynamical and gravitational interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Milky Way. We model the dark and hot extended halo components as well as the stellar/gaseous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Mastropietro , B. Moore , L. Mayer , J. Stadel , J. Wadsley

Successful models of the low redshift circumgalactic medium (CGM) must account for (1) a large amount of gas, (2) relatively slow gas velocities, (3) a high degree of metal enrichment, (4) the similar absorption properties around both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-12 Cassandra Lochhaas , Todd A. Thompson , Eliot Quataert , David H. Weinberg

Galactic winds and mass outflows are observed both in nearby starburst galaxies and in high-redshift star-forming galaxies. In this paper we develop a simple analytic model to understand the observed superwind phenomenon. Our model is built…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Chenggang Shu , H. J. Mo , Shude Mao

We obtain a solution for the hydrodynamic outflow of the polytropic gas from the gravitating center, in presence of the uniform Dark Energy (DE). The antigravity of DE is enlightening the outflow and make the outflow possible at smaller…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan , M. Merafina

We present a high-resolution study of five high-velocity clouds in the Magellanic Leading Arm region. This is a follow-up study of our widefield Parkes survey of the region in order to probe the multiphase structures of the clouds and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-15 B. Q. For , L. Staveley-Smith , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , T. Westmeier , K. Bekki

The solar wind is connected to the Sun's atmosphere by flux tubes that are rooted in an ever-changing pattern of positive and negative magnetic polarities on the surface. Observations indicate that the magnetic field is filamentary and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Steven R. Cranmer , Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen , Lauren N. Woolsey

Observations with the Green Bank Telescope of 21cm HI emission from the high-velocity cloud Complex H suggest that it is interacting with the Milky Way. A model in which the cloud is a satellite of the Galaxy in an inclined, retrograde…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Felix J. Lockman

We found that an intermediate velocity cloud (IVC) IVC 86-36 in HI 21 cm emission shows a head-tail distribution toward the Galactic plane with marked parallel filamentary streamers, which is extended over 40 degrees in the sky. The…

Galactic outflows commonly contain multiphase gas, and its physical origin requires explanation. Using the CGOLS (Cholla Galactic OutfLow Simulations) suite of high-resolution isolated galaxy models, we demonstrate the viability of rapid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-09 Evan E. Schneider , Brant E. Robertson , Todd A. Thompson

The eROSITA bubbles are detected via the instrument with the same name. The northern bubble shows noticeable asymmetric features, including distortion to the west and enhancement in the eastern edge, while the southern counterpart is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-14 Guobin Mou , Dongze Sun , Taotao Fang , Wei Wang , Ruiyu Zhang , Feng Yuan , Yoshiaki Sofue , Tinggui Wang , Zhicheng He

We study fundamental properties of isothermal, steady and spherically symmetric galactic outflow in the gravitational potential of a cold dark matter halo and a central super-massive black hole. We find that there are two transonic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-05-16 Asuka Igarashi , Masao Mori , Shin-ya Nitta

Wind-driven outflows are observed around a broad range of accreting objects throughout the Universe, ranging from forming low-mass stars to super-massive black holes. We study the interaction between a central isotropic wind and an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Lichen Liang , Doug Johnstone , Sylvie Cabrit , Lars E. Kristensen

Observations of the lengthy tidal streams produced by the destruction of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) are capable of providing strong constraints on the shape of the Galactic gravitational potential. However, previous work,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 David R. Law , Steven R. Majewski , Kathryn V. Johnston

Although the current galaxy models yield calculations consistent with much of the data, many irregularities exist, exceptions have been found to the current models, the $\Lambda$CDM model apparently fails on galaxy scales, dark matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John C. Hodge

NGC4460 is an isolated lenticular galaxy, in which galactic wind has been earlier discovered as a gas outflow associated with circumnuclear regions of star formation. Using the results of observations in the Halpha line with the scanning…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-25 D. V. Oparin , A. V. Moiseev

We test the X-ray emission predictions of galactic fountain models against XMM-Newton measurements of the emission from the Milky Way's hot halo. These measurements are from 110 sight lines, spanning the full range of Galactic longitudes.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 David B. Henley , Robin L. Shelton , Kyujin Kwak , Alex S. Hill , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

We present semi-analytic models of galactic outflows, constrained by available observations on high redshift star formation and reionization. Galactic outflows are modeled in a manner akin to models of stellar wind blown bubbles. Large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Saumyadip Samui , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Raghunathan Srianand

Recently, data of taken with the OSSE experiment have been combined with scanning observations by TGRS and SMM to produce maps of the narrow Galactic 511 keV line emission (Purcell et al. 1997). A modelling of the combined data give…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Pohl