Cold H i ejected into the Magellanic Stream

J. Dempsey; N. M. McClure-Griffiths; K. Jameson; F. Buckland-Willis

doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1602

Cold H i ejected into the Magellanic Stream

J. Dempsey^*, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, K. Jameson, F. Buckland-Willis

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We report the direct detection of cold H i gas in a cloud ejected from the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) towards the Magellanic Stream. The cloud is part of a fragmented shell of H i gas on the outskirts of the SMC. This is the second direct detection of cold H i associated with the Magellanic Stream using absorption. The cold gas was detected using 21-cm H i absorption-line observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) towards the extra-galactic source PMN J0029-7228. We find a spin (excitation) temperature for the gas of 68 ± 20 K. We suggest that breaking super shells from the Magellanic Clouds may be a source of cold gas to supply the rest of the Magellanic Stream.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	913-920
Number of pages	8
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	496
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1602
Publication status	Published - 11 Jun 2020

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