9–15 Oct 2022
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Fermi/eRosita bubbles as relics of the past activity of Sgr A*

12 Oct 2022, 09:00
30m
Invited Talk Plenary 5

Speaker

Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang

Description

Fermi bubbles and the newly discovered eRosita X-ray bubbles are gigantic bubbles above and below the Galactic center (GC) in the Milky Way Galaxy. Their symmetry suggests that they originate from energetic outbursts from the GC; however, whether it is linked to a nuclear starburst or black hole activity has been intensely debated. Here I present our recent results using 3D hydrodynamic simulations including relevant cosmic-ray physics and show that the multi-wavelength morphology and spectra of the Fermi/eRosita bubbles as well as the microwave haze could be simultaneously explained by past jet activity of the Sgr A* several Myr ago. I will also discuss the constraints derived from our simulations as well as the implications of the results.

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Primary author

Hsiang-Yi Karen Yang

Co-authors

Mateusz Ruszkowski (University of Michigan) Ellen Zweibel (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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