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The Galactic center lobe (GCL) is an object ~1{\deg} across that is located north of the Galactic center. In the mid-infrared (MIR) the GCL appears as two 8.0${\mu}$m filaments between which is strong 24${\mu}$m and radio continuum…

The Fermi Bubbles are two giant gamma-ray emitting lobes extending 55$^{\circ}$ above and below the Galactic Center. While the Northern Bubble has been extensively studied in ultraviolet (UV) absorption, little is known about the gas…

An observational result of a radio continuum and H92$\alpha$ radio recombination line of the Galactic Center Lobe (GCL), using the Yamaguchi 32 m radio telescope, is reported. The obtained spatial intensity distribution of the radio…

The Milky Way galaxy is surrounded by a circumgalactic medium (CGM) that may play a key role in galaxy evolution as the source of gas for star formation and a repository of metals and energy produced by star formation and nuclear activity.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-03 P. Kaaret , D. Koutroumpa , K. D. Kuntz , K. Jahoda , J. Bluem , H. Gulick , E. Hodges-Kluck , D. M. LaRocca , R. Ringuette , A. Zajczyk

Current measurements of the $\gamma$-ray Fermi bubbles (FB) are based on model-dependent tracers, carry substantial systematic uncertainties, and are at some tension with each other. We show that gradient filters pick out the FB edges,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-16 Uri Keshet , Ilya Gurwich

High-energy gamma-ray emission from the Galactic plane above ~100 MeV is composed of three main contributions: diffuse emission from cosmic ray interactions in the interstellar medium, emission from extended sources, such as supernova…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Neronov , D. Malyshev , M. Chernyakova , A. Lutovinov

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 origin of the multiphase gas within the Fermi/eROSITA bubbles is crucial for understanding Galactic Center (GC) feedback. We use HI4PI data to investigate the kinematics and physical properties of high-velocity clouds (HVCs) toward the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-02 Yang Su , Xin Liu , Shiyu Zhang , Ji Yang , Yan Sun , Shaobo Zhang , Fujun Du , Xin Zhou , Qing-Zeng Yan , Xuepeng Chen

We simulate the propagation of a shock front through the galactic halo induced by an explosion and/or a starburst at the galactic center. A huge dumbbell ($\Omega$)-shaped shock front produced by an explosion of energy $3\times 10^{56}$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Yoshiaki SOFUE

We present a method to derive positions of molecular clouds along the lines of sight from a quantitative comparison between 2.6 mm CO emission lines and 18 cm OH absorption lines, and apply it to the central kiloparsecs of the Milky Way.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Sawada , T. Hasegawa , T. Handa , R. J. Cohen

The TNG50 cosmological simulation produces X-ray emitting bubbles, shells, and cavities in the circumgalactic gas above and below the stellar disks of Milky Way- and Andromeda-like galaxies with morphological features reminiscent of the…

The Fermi Bubbles were discovered about a decade ago in the {\it Fermi}-LAT data as a double-lobe structure extending up to 55 deg. in Galactic latitudes above and below the Galactic Center. At the moment their origin is still unknown. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-25 E. Moulin , A. Montanari , D. Malyshev , Dm. Malyshev

We report the discovery of a $1^\circ$ scale X-ray plume in the northern Galactic Center (GC) region observed with Suzaku. The plume is located at ($l$, $b$) $\sim$ ($0\mbox{$.\!\!^\circ$}2$, $0\mbox{$.\!\!^\circ$}6$), east of the radio…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-17 Shinya Nakashima , Katsuji Koyama , Q. Daniel Wang , Rei Enokiya

In the Galactic center nuclear star cluster, bright late-type stars exhibit a flat or even a decreasing surface-density profile, while fainter late-type stars maintain a cusp-like profile. Historically, the lack of red giants in the…

The Fermi Large Area Telescope data appear to have an excess of gamma rays from the inner 150 pc of the Galactic Center (GC). The main explanations proposed for this are: an unresolved population of millisecond pulsars (MSPs), dark matter…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-30 Chris Gordon , Oscar Macias

Similarly to the larger Galactic ridge, the Galactic center region presents a hard diffuse emission whose origin has been strongly debated for the past two decades: does this emission result from the contribution of numerous, yet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-20 R. Belmont , M. Tagger

Observations indicate two nested pairs of extended bipolar bubbles emanating from the Milky-Way center - the $|b|\sim80^\circ$ latitude eROSITA bubbles (RBs), encompassing the smaller, $|b|\sim 50^{\circ}$ Fermi bubbles (FBs) - and classify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-21 Arka Ghosh , Uri Keshet , Santanu Mondal

The soft X-ray background shows a general enhancement toward the inner region of the Galaxy. But whether this enhancement is a local feature (e.g., a superbubble within a distance of <= 200 pc) and/or a phenomenon related to energetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-26 Yangsen Yao , Q. Daniel Wang

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

A spherical-symmetric gamma-ray emission from the central region of the Galaxy has been recently identified in Fermi-LAT data, and initially associated to dark matter particle annihilations. Guided by the evidence for a high gas density in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-13 Daniele Gaggero , Marco Taoso , Alfredo Urbano , Mauro Valli , Piero Ullio