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Galaxy evolution is thought to be driven in large part by the flow of gas between galaxies and the circumgalactic medium (CGM), a halo of metal-enriched gas extending out to $\gtrsim100$ kpc from each galaxy. Studying the spatial structure…

In the absence of an interaction, central bars might be the most effective mechanism for radial motions of gas in barred spiral galaxies, which represent two-thirds of disc galaxies. The dynamical effects induced by bars in the first few…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-12-20 O. Cavichia , M. Mollá , R. D. D. Costa , W. J. Maciel

We investigate gas accretion flow onto a circumplanetary disk from a protoplanetary disk in detail by using high-resolution three-dimensional nested-grid hydrodynamic simulations, in order to provide a basis of formation processes of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Takayuki Tanigawa , Keiji Ohtsuki , Masahiro N. Machida

Observations of molecular gas near the Galactic centre ($| l | < 10^\circ$, $| b | < 1^\circ$) reveal the presence of a distinct population of enigmatic compact clouds which are characterised by extreme velocity dispersions ($\Delta v >…

We perform hydrodynamical simulations with radially varying resolution to study the effects of stellar feedback on the radial inflow of gas from the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ, $R\sim200$ pc) to the Circumnuclear Disk (CND, $R\sim5$ pc) of…

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

To quantify the effect that bar driven mass inflow can have on the evolution of a galaxy requires an understanding of the dynamics of the inflowing gas. In this paper we study the kinematics of the dense molecular gas in a set of seven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael W. Regan , Kartik Sheth , Stuart N. Vogel

The 1.3deg (G1.3) and 1.6deg (G1.6) cloud complexes in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of our Galaxy have been proposed to possibly reside at the intersection region of the X1 and X2 orbits for several reasons. This includes the detection…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Laura A. Busch , Denise Riquelme , Rolf Güsten , Karl M. Menten , Thushara G. S. Pillai , Jens Kauffmann

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is known to contain multiphase gas in various stages of evolution and interaction with the galaxy. In order to characterize its detailed behavior on short timescales, we use a subregion of the TNG100…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-08 Daniel DeFelippis , Shy Genel , Greg L. Bryan

Velocity profiles of a line of H$_3^+$ at 3.7 $\mu$m produced in warm diffuse gas have been observed toward 18 stars in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galaxy. Their longitude-velocity diagram indicates that the gas is radially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Takeshi Oka , T. R. Geballe

We infer the absolute time dependence of kinematic gas temperature along a proposed orbit of molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Galactic Center (GC). Ammonia gas temperature maps are one of the results of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Nico Krieger , Jürgen Ott , Fabian Walter , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen , Henrik Beuther , the SWAG team

We present the first detailed dissection of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of massive starburst galaxies at z > 2. Our target is a submillimeter galaxy (SMG) at z = 2.674 that has a star formation rate of 1200 $M_\odot$/yr and a molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-25 Hai Fu , Rui Xue , J. Xavier Prochaska , Alan Stockton , Sam Ponnada , Marie Wingyee Lau , Asantha Cooray , Desika Narayanan

(abridged) By comparing the distribution of dust and gas in the central regions of the Galaxy, we aim to obtain new insights into the properties of the offset dust lanes leading the bar's major axis in the Milky Way. On the one hand, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. J. Marshall , R. Fux , A. C. Robin , C. Reyle

Galaxies evolve under the influence of gas flows between their interstellar medium and their surrounding gaseous halos known as the circumgalactic medium (CGM). The CGM is a major reservoir of galactic baryons and metals, and plays a key…

Spurred by rich, multi-wavelength observations and enabled by new simulations, ranging from cosmological to sub-pc scales, the last decade has seen major theoretical progress in our understanding of the circumgalactic medium. We review key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-26 Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere , S. Peng Oh

Observing the interplay between galaxies and their gaseous surroundings is crucial for understanding how galaxies form and evolve, including the roles of long-lived cool gas reservoirs, starburst and AGN driven outflows. We use stacked Mg…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-21 Zoe Harvey , Sahyadri Krishna , Vivienne Wild , Rita Tojeiro , Paul Hewett

Molecular gas in the merging starburst galaxy NGC 3256 has been imaged with the Submillimeter Array at a resolution of 1'' x 2'' (170 x 340 pc at 35 Mpc). This is the first interferometric imaging of molecular gas in the most luminous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kazushi Sakamoto , Paul T. P. Ho , Alison B. Peck

Fueling star formation in large, discy galaxies requires a continuous supply of gas accreting into star-forming regions. Previously, we characterized this accretion in 4 Milky Way mass galaxies ($M_{\rm halo}\sim10^{12}M_{\odot}$) in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-28 Cameron W. Trapp , Dušan Kereš , Philip F. Hopkins , Claude-André Faucher-Giguère , Norman Murray

The Galactic center is the closest region in which we can study star formation under extreme physical conditions like those in high-redshift galaxies. We measure the temperature of the dense gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ) and…