The Large Magellanic Cloud’s ∼30 kpc Bow Shock and Its Impact on the Circumgalactic Medium

The Large Magellanic Cloud’s ∼30 kpc Bow Shock and Its Impact on the Circumgalactic Medium

The interaction between the supersonic motion of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is expected to result in a bow shock that leads the LMC’s gaseous disk. In this letter, we use hydrodynamic simulations of the LMC’s recent infall to predict the extent of this shock...

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Main Authors: David J. Setton, Gurtina Besla, Ekta Patel, Cameron Hummels, Yong Zheng, Evan Schneider, Munier Salem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Large Magellanic Cloud
Circumgalactic medium
Hydrodynamical simulations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0da6

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https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad0da6

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