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Modeling the ISM: Molecular Gas, Ionizing Radiation, and Numerical Simulations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Joel N. Bregman
Joel N. Bregman*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

Abstract

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Three different topics regarding the ISM in the Magellanic Clouds are discussed. First, we examine how the Magellanic Stream can be used as a tracer of the ionizing radiation leaking out of Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds. We show that the radiation reaching the Magellanic Stream is less than 1% of the ionizing radiation produced by Galactic 0 and B stars. Since about 14% of the ionizing radiation from these stars is required to ionize the Reynolds layer, which is within 1 kpc of the disk, most of this radiation must be absorbed before reaching the Stream.

Second, we examine the reliability of using CO as a tracer of H2 in regions of low or modest column densities (not giant molecular cloud complexes). For our Galaxy, the usual CO to H2 conversion factor overlooks a considerable amount of H2 and the evidence suggests that this may be true in the LMC as well. Finally, we present numerical hydrodynamical calculations of the interstellar medium in disk galaxies for a region of size 2 kpc along the plane and 15 kpc out of the plane. The simulations reveal a rich structure of low density hot regions separated by cold dense material, with the resulting position velocity diagrams being qualitatively similar to the recent HI studies of the LMC. A number of other aspects of these simulations are discussed also.

Type
Part 2. Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 190: New Views of the Magellanic Clouds , 1999 , pp. 84 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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