A Reservoir of Ionized Gas in the Galactic Halo to Sustain Star Formation in the Milky Way
Nicolas Lehner, J. Christopher Howk
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This paper is part of a set of three papers on circumgalactic gas observed with COS and STIS on HST, to be published in Science, together with related papers by Tripp et al. and Tumlinson et al., in the November 18, 2011 edition. This version has not undergone final copyediting. Please see Science online for the final printed version
Without a source of new gas, our Galaxy would exhaust its supply of gas through the formation of stars. Ionized gas clouds observed at high velocity may be a reservoir of such gas, but their distances are key for placing them in the Galactic halo and unraveling their role. We have used the Hubble Space Telescope to blindly search for ionized high-velocity clouds (iHVCs) in the foreground of Galactic stars. We show that iHVCs with 90 < |v_LSR| < 170 km/s are within one Galactic radius of the sun and have enough mass to maintain star formation, while iHVCs with |v_LSR|>170 km/s are at larger distances. These may be the next wave of infalling material.
Comments on "A huge reservoir of ionized gas around the Milky Way: accounting for the missing mass?" (2012 ApJL, 756, 8) and "The warm-hot gaseous halo of the Milky Way" (arXiv1211.3137)
Fuelling the central region of galaxies with misaligned gas accretion
University of Southampton(南安普顿大学);Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul(南里奥格兰德联邦大学);University of Copenhagen(哥本哈根大学);Steward Observatory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台)
Two-Face(s): ionized and neutral gas winds in the local Universe
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HYPERION. The cold ISM of rapidly growing $z>6$ quasars: diverse gas reservoirs, dust enrichment, and feedback signatures
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma(意大利国家天体物理研究所罗马天文台);IFPU - Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe(宇宙基础物理研究所);INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste(意大利国家天体物理研究所的里雅斯特天文台);INAF – Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio di Bologna(意大利国家天体物理研究所博洛尼亚空间天体物理学与科学观测站);Scuola Normale Superiore(比萨高等师范学院)
The molecular gas reservoir of 6 low-metallicity galaxies from the Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey: A ground-based follow-up survey of CO(1-0), CO(2-1), and CO(3-2)
NGC 6860, Mrk 915, and MCG -01-24-012. II. Inflowing and outflowing cold molecular gas and the connection with ionized gas in Seyfert galaxies
Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut(海德堡大学天文中心,天文计算研究所);Departamento de Astronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul(南里奥格兰德联邦大学天文学系);Astronomy Department, Universidad de Concepción(康塞普西翁大学天文学系);Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN-IGN)-Observatorio de Madrid(国家天文台(OAN-IGN)马德里天文台);Departamento de Física, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria(圣玛丽亚联邦大学物理系,CCNE);Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA(西班牙国家技术研究委员会-国家航空航天技术研究所天体生物学中心);Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku(图尔库大学芬兰ESO天文学中心)
Constraining the mass of the M31 ionized baryon Halo using CHIME/FRB Catalog 2
University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁兹分校);University of Dodoma(多多马大学);Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU)(宇宙物理与数学基础卡弗里研究所);National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(日本国立天文台);Northwestern University(西北大学);University of Chicago(芝加哥大学);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);McGill University(麦吉尔大学);Trottier Space Institute, McGill University(麦吉尔大学特罗蒂尔太空研究所);University of Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹大学)
Galactic Rain: Cool Gas Inflows in Red Geyser Galaxies and Their Connection to AGN Activity and Interactions
University of California, Santa Cruz(加州大学圣克鲁兹分校);Arizona State University(亚利桑那州立大学);Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学);University of California Observatories(加州大学天文台);San Diego State University(圣地亚哥州立大学);University of California, San Diego(加州大学圣地亚哥分校)
NANTEN 12CO (J=1-0) observations around the star WR 55
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Université de Strasbourg(斯特拉斯堡大学);Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg(斯特拉斯堡天文台);Aix Marseille Univ(艾克斯-马赛大学);Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope(加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜);Université de Toulouse(图卢兹大学);Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台);PSL University(巴黎文理研究大学);Sorbonne University(索邦大学);Collège de France(法兰西公学院);Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)(波茨坦莱布尼茨天体物理研究所)
On the properties of the interstellar medium in extremely metal-poor blue compact dwarf galaxies. A VIMOS-IFU study of the cometary galaxy and Ly $α$ absorber Tol 65
Spatially Resolved AGN Ionization and Star Formation at Cosmic Noon with JWST/JEMS
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学斯图尔德天文台);NSF NOIRLab(美国国家科学基金会NOIR天文台);International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab(国际Gemini天文台/美国国家科学基金会NOIR天文台);Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校天文学系);Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge(剑桥卡弗里宇宙学研究所)
Igniting Galaxy Formation in the Postreionization Universe, II: Nature versus Nurture
Pomona College(波莫纳学院);Carnegie Observatories(卡内基观测站);University of Southern California(南加州大学);Indiana University(印第安纳大学);California State Polytechnic University, Pomona(加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校);California State University, San Bernardino(加州州立大学圣贝纳迪诺分校);Universität Zürich(苏黎世大学)