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astro-ph.GA2017★ 80 cited
The impact of magnetic fields on thermal instability
Suoqing Ji, S. Peng Oh, Michael McCourt
Cold () gas is very commonly found in both galactic and cluster halos. There is no clear consensus on its origin. Such gas could be uplifted from the cen…
astro-ph.GA2017★ 56 cited
Dynamical Properties of Eccentric Nuclear Disks: Stability, Longevity, and Implications for Tidal Disruption Rates in Post-Merger Galaxies
Ann-Marie Madigan, Andrew Halle, Mackenzie Moody +3
In some galaxies, the stars orbiting the supermassive black hole take the form of an eccentric nuclear disk, in which every star is on a coherent, apsidally-aligned orbit. The most…
astro-ph.GA2017★ 68 cited
Resonant line transfer in a fog: Using Lyman-alpha to probe tiny structures in atomic gas
Max Gronke, Mark Dijkstra, Michael McCourt +1
Motivated by observational and theoretical work which both suggest very small scale (pc) structure in the circum-galactic medium of galaxies and in other environments…