The mode of gas accretion onto star-forming galaxies
It is argued that galaxies like ours sustain their star formation by transferring gas from an extensive corona to the star-forming disc. The transfer is effected by the galactic fountain -- cool clouds that are shot up from the plane to kiloparsec heights above the plane. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instab...
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| Materyal Türü: | Journal article |
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2010
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