Large-scale distribution of interstellar matter in the central region of our Galaxy

被引:4
|
作者
Ferriere, K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toulouse, Lab Astrophys Toulouse Tarbes, CNRS, F-31400 Toulouse, France
关键词
Galaxy: bulge; Galaxy: center; ISM: general; ISM: structure;
D O I
10.1002/asna.200811054
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In this paper, we review the present observational knowledge on the physical properties and the large-scale spatial distribution of interstellar matter in the central region of our Galaxy, out to a distance of 3 kpc from the Galactic center. We mainly focus on the interstellar gas, which contains similar to 98 % of the total interstellar mass, leaving the remaining similar to 2% to interstellar dust. In a second step, we present a global model of the interstellar gas distribution, which incorporates the relevant results of a vast number of observational studies as well as those of numerical simulations of gas flows in the gravitational potential of a barred galaxy. (C) 2008 WILEY-VCH Veriag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
引用
收藏
页码:992 / 997
页数:6
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [31] Galaxy formation and large-scale bias
    Kauffmann, G
    Nusser, A
    Steinmetz, M
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1997, 286 (04) : 795 - 811
  • [32] Large-scale structure and galaxy formation
    Coles, P
    FROM QUANTUM FLUCTUATIONS TO COSMOLOGICAL STRUCTURES, 1997, 126 : 223 - 278
  • [33] The Large-scale Ionization Cones in the Galaxy
    Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
    Maloney, Philip R.
    Sutherland, Ralph
    Groves, Brent
    Guglielmo, Magda
    Li, Wenhao
    Curzons, Andrew
    Cecil, Gerald
    Fox, Andrew J.
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2019, 886 (01):
  • [34] Galaxy formation and large-scale bias
    Mon Not Royal Astron Soc, 4 (795):
  • [35] A large-scale CO mapping of the central region of W 51
    Okumura, S
    Miyawaki, R
    Sorai, K
    Yamashita, T
    Hasegawa, T
    PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 2001, 53 (05) : 793 - 798
  • [36] Constraining the dark matter distribution with large-scale structure observations
    Strauss, MA
    Blanton, M
    ASTROPHYSICS WITH INFRARED SURVEYS: A PRELUDE TO SIRTF, 1999, 177 : 35 - 46
  • [37] Large scale magnetic fields of our Galaxy
    Han, JinLin
    HIGHLIGHTS OF ASTRONOMY, VOL 15, 2010, 15 : 450 - 451
  • [38] DIRECT DISSIPATIONLESS FORMATION OF FILAMENTS IN THE LARGE-SCALE MATTER DISTRIBUTION
    MELOTT, AL
    MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1983, 204 (01) : P7 - P11
  • [39] THE DISTRIBUTION OF QUASARS ON THE LARGE-SCALE AND THE SUPER LARGE-SCALE
    ZHOU, YY
    FANG, DP
    DENG, ZG
    HE, XT
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 1986, 311 (02): : 578 - 588
  • [40] LARGE-SCALE IRREGULARITIES IN THE INTERSTELLAR-MEDIUM
    VATS, HO
    STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, 1989, 350 : 537 - 537