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The Cloud Factory I: Generating resolved filamentary molecular clouds from galactic-scale forces
Rowan J. Smith, Robin G. Treß, Mattia C. Sormani +6
We introduce a new suite of simulations, "The Cloud Factory", which self-consistently forms molecular cloud complexes at high enough resolution to resolve internal substructure (up…
Simulations of the star-forming molecular gas in an interacting M51-like galaxy
Robin G. Tress, Rowan J. Smith, Mattia C. Sormani +4
We present here the first of a series of papers aimed at better understanding the evolution and properties of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in a galactic context. We perform high r…
The geometry of the gas surrounding the Central Molecular Zone: on the origin of localised molecular clouds with extreme velocity dispersions
Mattia C. Sormani, Robin G. Tress, Simon C. O. Glover +6
Observations of molecular gas near the Galactic centre (, ) reveal the presence of a distinct population of enigmatic compact clouds which are ch…
The effect of rotation on the thermal instability of stratified galactic atmospheres - II. The formation of High Velocity Clouds
Mattia Sormani, Emanuele Sobacchi
Whether High Velocity Clouds (HVCs) can form by condensation of the hot () Galactic corona as a consequence of thermal instabilities has been controversial.…
The effect of rotation on the thermal instability of stratified galactic atmospheres - I. Local analysis
Emanuele Sobacchi, Mattia Sormani
Observations show that (i) multiple gas phases can coexist in the atmospheres of galaxies and clusters; (ii) these atmospheres may be significantly rotating in the inner parts, wit…
Mass inflow rate into the Central Molecular Zone: observational determination and evidence of episodic accretion
Mattia C. Sormani, Ashley T. Barnes
It is well known that the Galactic bar drives a gas inflow into the Central Molecular Zone, which fuels star formation, accretion onto the central super-massive black hole, and lar…