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Title A mushroom-shaped structure from the impact of a cloud with the Galactic disk
Authors/Editors* T. Kudoh, S. Basu
Where published* Astronomy and Astrophysics
How published* Journal
Year* 2004
Volume 423
Number 183
Pages 6
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Keywords Astronomy, Galaxy, Interstellar medium
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Abstract
We propose that the mushroom-shaped structure of the Galactic worm GW 123.4-1.5 is created by a cloud collision with the Galactic gas disk. A hydrodynamic simulation shows that a mushroom-shaped structure is created after the cloud crosses the Galactic midplane. The lifetime of the mushroom-shaped structure is of order the dynamical time scale of the disk, ∼ 107 years. We find that the velocities across the cap of the mushroom-shaped structure in the simulation are consistent with the observed values. The simulation also predicts a structure on the opposite side of the Galactic plane which is created by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability after the cloud passes through the disk. Movies materials are only available in electronic form at http://www.edpsciences.org
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