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邻近螺旋星系的气体吸积

Accretion of gas onto nearby spiral galaxies

Filippo Fraternali, James Binney

摘要:

我们提出了宇宙学气体吸积到螺旋星系在本地宇宙的证据。吸积是通过其对平面外中性气体动力学的影响来观察的。我们估计的两个附近的旋涡星系的吸积率是他们的恒星形成率的顺序。我们的模型表明,大部分的面外气体是由超新星反馈(银河喷泉)产生的,只有10- 20%来自吸积。吸积的物质必须具有围绕盘的旋转轴的低比角动量,尽管比角动量矢量的大小可以更高。我们还探讨了热日冕对平面外气体动力学的影响,并发现它不太可能对所观察到的运动学模式和吸积气体的来源负责。然而,与喷泉流的相互作用应该深刻地影响日冕的流体动力学。

英文摘要:

We present evidence for cosmological gas accretion onto spiral galaxies in the local universe. The accretion is seen through its effects on the dynamics of the extra-planar neutral gas. The accretion rates that we estimate for two nearby spiral galaxies are of the order of their star formation rates. Our model shows that most of the extra-planar gas is produced by supernova feedback (galactic fountain) and only 10-20 % comes from accretion. The accreting material must have low specific angular momentum about the disc's spin axis, although the magnitude of the specific angular-momentum vector can be higher. We also explore the effects of a hot corona on the dynamics of the extra-planar gas and find that it is unlikely to be responsible for the observed kinematical pattern and the source of accreted gas. However, the interaction with the fountain flow should profoundly affect the hydrodynamics of the corona.

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