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模拟Milky Way的HI晕

Modelling the HI halo of the Milky Way

Antonino Marasco, Filippo Fraternali

摘要:

目的:研究银河系面外中性气体的全局分布和运动学。研究方法:我们建立了一系列银河系HI层的3D模型,将它们投影成内部视图,并将它们与莱顿-阿根廷-波恩21厘米观测结果进行比较。结果如下:我们发现,银河系盘被一个扩展的中性气体晕所包围,其垂直尺度高度为1.6[+0.6/-0.4] kpc,HI质量为3.2[+1.0/-0.9] x10^8太阳质量,占银河系HI总质量的5-10%。这个HI晕的旋转速度比盘慢,垂直速度梯度为-15[+/-4] km/s/kpc。我们发现了一个全球下沉运动的证据,垂直(20[+5/-7] km/s)和径向(30[+7/-5]km/s)。结论:银河系HI晕显示出与外部星系晕相似的性质,并且与主要由盘中的超新星爆炸产生的性质相一致。它最有可能是由质量为10^4-10^5太阳质量的不同气体复合物组成,其中中速云是局部的表现。经典的高速云似乎是一个独立的群体。

英文摘要:

Aims: we studied the global distribution and kinematics of the extra-planar neutral gas in the Milky Way. Methods: we built 3D models for a series of Galactic HI layers, projected them for an inside view, and compared them with the Leiden-Argentina-Bonn 21-cm observations. Results: we show that the Milky Way disk is surrounded by an extended halo of neutral gas with a vertical scale-height of 1.6[+0.6/-0.4] kpc and an HI mass of 3.2[+1.0/-0.9]x10^8 solar masses, which is 5-10% of the total Galactic HI. This HI halo rotates more slowly than the disk with a vertical velocity gradient of -15[+/-4] km/s/kpc. We found evidence for a global infall motion, both vertical (20[+5/-7] km/s) and radial (30[+7/-5]km/s). Conclusions: the Milky Way HI halo shows properties similar to the halos of external galaxies and is compatible with being predominantly produced by supernova explosions in the disk. It is most likely composed of distinct gas complexes with masses of 10^4-10^5 solar masses of which the Intermediate Velocity Clouds are the local manifestations. The classical High Velocity Clouds appear to be a separate population.

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