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星系晕中维持Milky Way恒星形成的电离气体库

A Reservoir of Ionized Gas in the Galactic Halo to Sustain Star Formation in the Milky Way

Nicolas Lehner, J. Christopher Howk

摘要:

如果没有新的气体来源,我们的银河系将通过恒星的形成耗尽其气体供应。在高速下观测到的电离气体云可能是这种气体的储存库,但它们的距离是将它们置于星系晕并揭示其作用的关键。我们使用哈勃太空望远镜盲目地寻找银河系恒星前景中的电离高速云(iHVC)。我们发现,90 < |v_LSR| < 170 km/s的iHVC在太阳的一个银河系半径内,有足够的质量来维持恒星的形成,而|v_LSR| >170 km/s的iHVC在更大的距离。这些可能是下一波下落物质。

英文摘要:

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.

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