Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...420..570b&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 420, no. 2, p. 570-575
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
91
Astronomical Models, Interstellar Gas, Spiral Galaxies, X Ray Spectra, H Alpha Line, High Temperature Gases, Pressure Effects, Spatial Distribution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass
Scientific paper
We observed the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 with the Position Sensitive Proportional Counter (PSPC) on Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) to search for how extraplanar gas expected in the galactic fountain model. Diffuse X-ray emission surrounds the disk with a Half Width at Half Maximum (HWHM) for the surface brightness perpendicular to the disk of 50 sec (2.4 kpc) and a radial extent of approximately 6.5 kpc, both of which are similar in extent to the extended H(alpha) and radio halo component; the implied density scale height for the hot gas is 7 kpc. The spectrum is best fitted with a hard stellar component and a soft diffuse gas component of temperature 3.6 x 106 K. The density of this gas is 2 x 10-3/cu cm, the luminosity is 4.4 x 1039 ergs/s, the mass is 1 x 108 solar mass, and the pressure (P/k) is 1.4 104 K/cu cm. These data are consistent with this gas participating in a galactic fountain, where the material approaches hydrostatic equilibrium before cooling at a rate of 0.12 solar mass/yr. The cooled material may be responsible for some of the H(alpha) emission.
Bregman Joel N.
Pildis Rachel A.
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