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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 453, Issue 4, Pages 3827-3838Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv1806
Keywords
ISM: jets and outflows; Galaxy: centre; Galaxy: halo; galaxies: star formation
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- DST-India [Sr/S2/HEP-048/2012]
- India-Israel joint research grant [6-10/2014[IC]]
- CSIR-India [09/1079(0002)/2012-EMR-I]
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Using hydrodynamical simulations, we show for the first time that an episode of star formation in the centre of the Milky Way, with a star formation rate (SFR) similar to 0.5 M-circle dot yr(-1) for similar to 30 Myr, can produce bubbles that resemble the Fermi bubbles (FBs), when viewed from the solar position. The morphology, extent and multiwavelength observations of FBs, especially X-rays, constrain various physical parameters such as SFR, age, and the circumgalactic medium (CGM) density. We show that the interaction of the CGM with the Galactic wind driven by star formation in the central region can explain the observed surface brightness and morphological features of X-rays associated with the FBs. Furthermore, assuming that cosmic ray electrons are accelerated in situ by shocks and/or turbulence, the brightness and morphology of gamma-ray emission and the microwave haze can be explained. The kinematics of the cold and warm clumps in our model also matches with recent observations of absorption lines through the bubbles.
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