The Cycle of Gaseous Baryons Between the Disk and Halo
The gaseous halo surrounding a galaxy disk is often referred to as the circum-galactic medium (CGM). The boundary of the CGM is loosely defined as the virial radius of the galaxy. Recent observations and simulations have shown that the CGM is massive, multiphase, clumpy, and metal-enriched. The CGM...
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| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.7916/D8K661M4 |