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Autori principali: Bisht, Mukesh Singh, Nath, Biman B., Mathur, Smita
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14344
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author Bisht, Mukesh Singh
Nath, Biman B.
Mathur, Smita
author_facet Bisht, Mukesh Singh
Nath, Biman B.
Mathur, Smita
contents The presence of the $\approx 10^6$ K gas in the circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way has been well established. However, the location and the origin of the newly discovered hot gas at `super-virial' temperatures of $\approx 10^7$ K have been puzzling. This hot gas has been detected in both absorption and emission; here we focus on the emitting gas only. We show that both the `virial' and the `super-virial' temperature gas as observed in \emph{emission} occupy disk-like extraplanar regions, in addition to the diffuse virial temperature gas filling the halo of the Milky Way. We perform idealized hydrodynamical simulations to show that the $\approx 10^7$ K emitting gas is likely to be produced by stellar feedback in and around the Galactic disk. We further show that the emitting gas at both super-virial and virial temperatures in the extraplanar regions is metal enriched and is not in hydrostatic equilibrium with the halo but is continuously evolving.
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spellingShingle On the origin of the $10^7$ K hot emitting gas in the Circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way
Bisht, Mukesh Singh
Nath, Biman B.
Mathur, Smita
Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The presence of the $\approx 10^6$ K gas in the circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way has been well established. However, the location and the origin of the newly discovered hot gas at `super-virial' temperatures of $\approx 10^7$ K have been puzzling. This hot gas has been detected in both absorption and emission; here we focus on the emitting gas only. We show that both the `virial' and the `super-virial' temperature gas as observed in \emph{emission} occupy disk-like extraplanar regions, in addition to the diffuse virial temperature gas filling the halo of the Milky Way. We perform idealized hydrodynamical simulations to show that the $\approx 10^7$ K emitting gas is likely to be produced by stellar feedback in and around the Galactic disk. We further show that the emitting gas at both super-virial and virial temperatures in the extraplanar regions is metal enriched and is not in hydrostatic equilibrium with the halo but is continuously evolving.
title On the origin of the $10^7$ K hot emitting gas in the Circumgalactic medium of the Milky Way
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14344