Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...250....7b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 250, Nov. 1, 1981, p. 7-17.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Absorption Spectra, Astronomical Models, Coronas, Galactic Structure, Quasars, Disk Galaxies, Gas Density, High Temperature Gases, Line Spectra, Radiant Cooling
Scientific paper
Models are developed to determine if gaseous coronas around galaxies give rise to the absorption systems in quasar spectra. A two-dimensional hydrodynamic code with radiative cooling is used to study the dynamics and thermodynamics of a corona, and the position and rate at which clouds form. Coronal gas is found to rise from an extended gaseous disk in two models with base coronal temperatures of 10 to the 6th K and 0.50 x 10 to the 6th K. Column densities of 10 to the 19th sq cm out to a radius of 7 kcp are also achieved with a total gas mass of 2.0 x 10 to the 9th and 1.7 x 10 to the 9th solar masses, respectively. The velocity structure of the model absorption line systems may be reproduced, and clouds in pressure equilibrium with the hot coronas have densities consistent with basic observational and theoretical restrictions.
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