Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992a%26a...261...94c&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 261, no. 1, p. 94-104.
Statistics
Computation
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Astronomical Models, Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Structure, Impact Loads, Molecular Clouds, Oblique Shock Waves, Computational Astrophysics, Gravitational Effects, Hydrodynamic Equations, Interstellar Matter, Star Formation, Two Dimensional Models
Scientific paper
The impact on the galactic disk of a large high velocity cloud with a velocity component parallel to the galactic plane is studied in this paper. The galactic disk is assumed to be dominated in volume by the warm, neutral phase, and a cloud model is proposed which is in agreement with the constraints imposed by actual observations. The collision process is followed through 2-D hydrodynamic simulations. The collision is expected to have some far- reaching consequences for the gas distribution and physical state and the star formation history in the affected region. Some of these consequences should be easily observed if such an impact had taken place near our location in the Galaxy in a recent past; and it seems, indeed, that the origin of the Gould Belt and some of its associated structures may be explained by this mechanism.
Comeron Fernando
Torra Jordi
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