Giant HI Hole inside the 3-kpc Ring and the North Polar Spur - The Galactic Crater -

Abstract

Applying a newly developed tangent-circle method (TCM), we derive a volume density map of HI gas in the inner Galaxy as a function of galacto-centric distance $R$ and height $Z$. The HI hole around the Galactic Center (GC) is shown to have a crater-shaped wall, which coincides with the brightest ridge of the North Polar Spur and emanates from the 3-kpc expanding ring. The crater structure is explained by sweeping of the halo gas by a shock-wave from the GC. The unperturbed HI halo outside 3 kpc is shown to be in hydrostatic equilibrium, obeying the sech${}^{2}Z/h$ density law with a scale height $h\sim 450$ pc.

arXiv comment6 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, PASJ Letters accepted

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