| Issue |
EAS Publications Series
Volume 56, 2012
The Role of the Disk-Halo Interaction in Galaxy Evolution: Outflow vs. Infall?
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 243 - 246 | |
| Section | Evidence for a Disk-Halo Connection in Galaxies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1256039 | |
| Published online | 17 September 2012 | |
The Role of the Disk-Halo Interaction in Galaxy Evolution: Outflow vs. Infall?
Miguel A. de Avillez (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 56 (2012) 243–246
Miguel A. de Avillez (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 56 (2012) 243–246
Density PDFs of diffuse gas in the Milky Way
1 Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
2 School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, NE1 7RU, UK
The probability distribution functions (PDFs) of the average densities of the diffuse ionized gas (DIG) and the diffuse atomic gas are close to lognormal, especially when lines of sight at |b| < 5∘ and |b|≥ 5∘ are considered separately. Our results provide strong support for the existence of a lognormal density PDF in the diffuse ISM, consistent with a turbulent origin of density structure in the diffuse gas.
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2012