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In the Galactic fountain scenario, supernovae and/or stellar winds propel material into the Galactic halo. As the material cools, it condenses into clouds. By using FLASH three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations, we model and study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Kyujin Kwak , Robin L. Shelton , Elizabeth A. Raley

High velocity gas that does not conform to Galactic rotation is observed throughout the Galaxy's halo. One component of this gas, HI high velocity clouds (HVCs), have attracted attention since their discovery in the 1960s and remain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-24 Asger Grønnow , Thor Tepper-García , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Naomi McClure-Griffiths

We present two sets of grid-based hydrodynamical simulations of high-velocity clouds (HVCs) traveling through the diffuse, hot Galactic halo. These HI clouds have been suggested to provide fuel for ongoing star formation in the Galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 Fabian Heitsch , Mary E. Putman

High-Velocity Clouds (HVCs) are a major fuel reservoir for star formation in the Galactic disk. Determining their origin and kinematics is thus crucial for understanding Galactic evolution. In this paper, we employ simple test-particle…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-28 Izumi Seno , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka , Jiro Shimoda

The Galactic halo contains a complex ecosystem of multiphase intermediate-velocity and high-velocity gas clouds whose origin has defied clear explanation. They are generally believed to be involved in a Galaxy-wide recycling process, either…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 Asger Grønnow , Thor Tepper-García , Joss Bland-Hawthorn

To what extent magnetic fields affect how molecular clouds (MCs) fragment and create dense structures is an open question. We present a numerical study of cloud fragmentation using the SILCC-Zoom simulations. These simulations follow the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-26 S. Ganguly , S. Walch , D. Seifried , S. D. Clarke , M. Weis

We use 3D numerical MHD simulations to follow the evolution of cold, turbulent, gaseous systems with parameters representing GMC conditions. We study three cloud simulations with varying mean magnetic fields, but identical initial velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Eve C. Ostriker , James M. Stone , Charles F. Gammie

High-Velocity Clouds (HVCs) are believed to be an important source of gas accretion for star formation in the Milky Way. Earlier numerical studies have found that the Galactic magnetic field and radiative cooling strongly affects accretion.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-08 Asger Grønnow , Thor Tepper-García , Joss Bland-Hawthorn , Filippo Fraternali

Magnetic fields are dynamically important in the diffuse interstellar medium. Understanding how gravitationally bound, star-forming clouds form requires modeling of the fields in a self-consistent, supernova-driven, turbulent, magnetized,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-16 Juan C. Ibáñez-Mejía , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Ralf S. Klessen

High-velocity clouds (HVCs) may fuel future star formation in the Milky Way, but they must first survive their passage through the hot halo. While recent work has improved our understanding of the survival criterion for cloud-wind…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Lori E. Porter , Matthew Abruzzo , Greg L. Bryan , Mary Putman , Yong Zheng , Drummond Fielding

The molecular component of the Galaxy is comprised of turbulent, magnetized clouds, many of which are self-gravitating and form stars. To understand how these clouds' evolution may depend on their level of turbulence, mean magnetization,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eve C. Ostriker , Charles F. Gammie , James M. Stone

We present two-dimensional MHD numerical simulations for the interaction of high-velocity clouds with both magnetic and non-magnetic Galactic thick gaseous disks. For the magnetic models, the initial magnetic field is oriented parallel to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Alfredo Santillan , Jose Franco , Marco Martos , Jongsoo Kim

We present hydrodynamic simulations of high-velocity clouds (HVCs) traveling through the hot, tenuous medium in the Galactic halo. A suite of models was created using the FLASH hydrodynamics code, sampling various cloud sizes, densities,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Kyujin Kwak , David B. Henley , Robin L. Shelton

HI observations of high-velocity clouds (HVCs) indicate, that they are interacting with their ambient medium. Even clouds located in the very outer Galactic halo or the intergalactic space seem to interact with their ambient medium. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. Konz , C. Bruens , G. T. Birk

We present an analysis of the relationship between the orientation of magnetic fields and filaments that form in 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of cluster-forming, turbulent molecular cloud clumps. We examine simulated cloud clumps with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Mikhail Klassen , Ralph E. Pudritz , Helen Kirk

Recent observations of high velocity clouds (HVCs) have revealed compression fronts and tail shaped features of HI suggesting that they are interacting with external medium. We perform 3-D hydro-dynamical simulations of HVCs moving through…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Vicent Quilis , Ben Moore

We present three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of magnetized gas clouds accelerated by hot winds. We initialize gas clouds with tangled internal magnetic fields and show that this field suppresses the disruption of the cloud:…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Michael McCourt , Ryan M. O'Leary , Ann-Marie Madigan , Eliot Quataert

Hydrodynamic stability has been a longstanding issue for the cloud model of the broad line region in active galactic nuclei. We argue that the clouds may be gravitationally bound to the supermassive black hole. If true, stabilisation by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-05 Martin Krause , Marc Schartmann , Andreas Burkert

High-velocity clouds (HVCs) in the Galactic center have garnered significant attention due to their mysterious formation, potentially linked to starburst events or supermassive black hole activity in the region. However, it remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-25 Mengfei Zhang , Miao Li , Peixin Zhu

The amplification of magnetic fields is crucial for understanding the observed magnetization of stars and galaxies. Turbulent dynamo is the primary mechanism responsible for that but the understanding of its action in a collapsing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Muhammed Irshad P , Pallavi Bhat , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Anvar Shukurov
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