Gas accretion on to galaxies and Kelvin–Helmholtz turbulence

Author:

Goldman Itzhak12ORCID,Fleck Robert3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics , Afeka College, Tel Aviv 6910717, Israel

2. Department of Astrophysics, Tel Aviv University , Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

3. Department of Physical Sciences, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University , Daytona Beach, FL 32114, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACTContinued star formation over the lifetime of a galaxy suggests that gas is steadily flowing in from the circumgalactic medium. Also, cosmological simulations of large-scale structure formation imply that gas is accreted on to galaxies from the halo inside which they formed. Direct observations are difficult, but in recent years observational indications of gas inflows from a circumgalactic medium were obtained. Here, we suggest an indirect observational probe: looking for large-scale (exceeding few kpc) turbulence caused by the accretion. As a specific example, we consider an accretion flow coplanar with the galaxy disc, and argue that Kelvin–Helmholtz turbulence will be generated. We employ a semi-analytical model of turbulence and derive the expected turbulence power spectrum. The latter turns out to be of a distinctive shape that can be compared with observational power spectra. As an illustrative example, we use parameters of the Milky Way galaxy.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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