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arXiv 1609.06309astro-ph.GA
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银河喷泉是史密斯云的起源

The Galactic fountain as an origin for the Smith Cloud

Antonino Marasco, Filippo Fraternali

摘要:

最近发现的史密斯高速HI云(SC)的金属丰度丰富的支持银河系起源这个系统。我们使用的银河喷泉的动力学模型来再现所观察到的SC的属性。在我们的模型中,喷泉云从盘旋臂的区域喷出,并通过与预先存在的热日冕相互作用的晕移动。我们发现,一个简单的模型,其中冷气体垂直流出英仙座旋臂再现运动学和SC的距离,但不同意云的彗星形态,如果这是由环境气体的冲压压力剥离。为了解释云的形态,我们探索了两种情况:a)外流相对于垂直方向倾斜; b)云被逃离底层超级气泡的快速风夹带。两种情况下都可以找到与所有观测约束相一致的解,前者要求出流角>40度,而后者要求风速>1000 km/s。所有情景都预测SC处于其轨道的上升阶段,并且具有大的-但并非不可信的-能量需求。

英文摘要:

The recent discovery of an enriched metallicity for the Smith high-velocity HI cloud (SC) lends support to a Galactic origin for this system. We use a dynamical model of the galactic fountain to reproduce the observed properties of the SC. In our model, fountain clouds are ejected from the region of the disc spiral arms and move through the halo interacting with a pre-existing hot corona. We find that a simple model where cold gas outflows vertically from the Perseus spiral arm reproduces the kinematics and the distance of the SC, but is in disagreement with the cloud's cometary morphology, if this is produced by ram-pressure stripping by the ambient gas. To explain the cloud morphology we explore two scenarios: a) the outflow is inclined with respect to the vertical direction; b) the cloud is entrained by a fast wind that escapes an underlying superbubble. Solutions in agreement with all observational constraints can be found for both cases, the former requires outflow angles >40 deg while the latter requires >1000 km/s winds. All scenarios predict that the SC is in the ascending phase of its trajectory and have large - but not implausible - energy requirements.

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