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We suggest a direct link between the two "missing" baryon problems of contemporary galaxy formation theory: (1) that large galaxies are known to contain too little gas and stars and (2) that too few dwarf satellite galaxies are observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Sergei Nayakshin , Mark I. Wilkinson

Recent observations of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have revealed that the HI gas shows a significant amount of rotation (V_c 60 km/s), while no or little rotation is evident for the old stellar populations. We suggest that this unique…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kenji Bekki , Masashi Chiba

Large-scale, broad outflows are common in active galaxies. In systems where star formation coexists with an AGN, it is unclear yet the role that both play on driving the outflows. In this work we present three-dimensional radiative-cooling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-21 E. de Gouveia Dal Pino , W. Clavijo-Bohórquez , C. Melioli

The flow of baryons in and out of galaxies is the primary driver for galaxy evolution. In addition to depleting the gas reservoir of galaxies, outflows also enrich their circumgalactic medium (CGM) with processed gas -- which can further…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-21 Ivanna Langan , Gergö Popping , Michele Ginolfi , Simon Weng , Francesco Valentino , Gareth Jones , Jan Scholtz

We report the small-scale spatial variation in cool ($T\sim 10^4 K$) Mg II absorption detected in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of a star-forming galaxy at $z\approx 0.8$. The CGM of this galaxy is probed by a spatially extended bright…

In this paper, we build from previous work (Bustard et al. 2018) and present simulations of recent (within the past Gyr), magnetized, cosmic ray driven outflows from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), including our first attempts to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-28 Chad Bustard , Ellen G. Zweibel , Elena D'Onghia , J. S. Gallagher , Ryan Farber

We study stellar-halo formation using six Milky Way-mass galaxies in FIRE-2 cosmological zoom simulations. We find that $5-40\%$ of the outer ($50-300$ kpc) stellar halo in each system consists of $\textit{in-situ}$ stars that were born in…

The Magellanic Stream (MS) is the nearest example of a gaseous trail formed by interacting galaxies. While the substantial gas masses in these kinds of circumgalactic structures are postulated to represent important sources of fuel for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-08-27 S. Stanimirović , J. S. Gallagher , III , L. Nigra

There is wide consensus that galaxy outflows are one of the most important processes determining the evolution of galaxies through cosmic time, for example playing a key role in shaping the galaxy mass function. Our understanding of…

Outflows form an integral component in regulating the gas cycling in and out of galaxies, although their impact on the galaxy hosts is still poorly understood. Here we present an analysis of 405 high mass (log…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-26 Guido Roberts-Borsani , Amélie Saintonge , Karen L. Masters , David V. Stark

We revisit the launch of the galactic outflow in M82 using hydrodynamic simulations. Employing a sink-particle module, we self-consistently resolve star formation and feedback, avoiding reliance on simplified models. We investigate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-21 Tian-Rui Wang , Weishan Zhu , Xue-Fu Li , Wen-Sheng Hong , Long-Long Feng

Several models have predicted that stars could form inside galactic outflows and that this would be a new major mode of galaxy evolution. Observations of galactic outflows have revealed that they host large amounts of dense and clumpy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-06 R. Gallagher , R. Maiolino , F. Belfiore , N. Drory , R. Riffel , R. A. Riffel

The study of the conditions and the kinematics of the gas in the central region of AGN provides important information on the relevance of feedback effects connected to the nuclear activity. Quantifying these effects is key for constraining…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Raffaella Morganti , Joanna Holt , Clive Tadhunter , Tom Oosterloo

The centre of the Milky Way is the site of several high-energy processes that have strongly impacted the inner regions of our Galaxy. Activity from the super-massive black hole, Sgr A*, and/or stellar feedback from the inner molecular ring…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-24 Enrico M. Di Teodoro , Naomi M. McClure-Griffiths , Felix J. Lockman , Lucia Armillotta

We first show that a large amount of metal-poor gas is stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and fallen into the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) during the tidal interaction between the SMC, the LMC, and the Galaxy over the last 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kenji Bekki , Masashi Chiba

The formation, evolution and death of massive stars release large quantities of energy and momentum into the gas surrounding the sites of star formation. This process, generically termed 'feedback', inhibits further star formation either by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-10 Dawn K. Erb

Recent observations have revealed massive galactic molecular outflows that may have physical conditions (high gas densities) required to form stars. Indeed, several recent models predict that such massive galactic outflows may ignite star…

Stellar feedback, as a key process regulating the baryon cycle, is thought to greatly redistribute baryonic material inside and outside the dark matter halos (DMHs), however the observational evidences are lacking. Through stacking analyses…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-19 Haoran Yu , Enci Wang , Zeyu Chen , Céline Péroux , Hu Zou , Zhicheng He , Huiyuan Wang , Cheqiu Lyu , Cheng Jia , Chengyu Ma , Xu Kong

The presence of cold ($T \lesssim 10^4$ K) gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of galaxies has been confirmed both in observations and high-resolution simulations, but its origin still represents a puzzle. Possible mechanisms are cold…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-14 Davide Decataldo , Sijing Shen , Lucio Mayer , Bernhard Baumschlager , Piero Madau

We perform a stacking analysis of the neutral \nad\,$\lambda\lambda$5889,5895\,\AA\ ISM doublet using the SDSS DR7 spectroscopic data set to probe the prevalence and characteristics of cold (T\,$\lesssim$\,10$^{4}$\,K) galactic-scale gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-31 G. W. Roberts-Borsani , A. Saintonge