Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Asymmetric eROSITA bubbles as the evidence of a circumgalactic medium wind

  • Guobin Mou,
  • Dongze Sun,
  • Taotao Fang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Ruiyu Zhang,
  • Feng Yuan,
  • Yoshiaki Sofue,
  • Tinggui Wang,
  • Zhicheng He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36478-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The origins of the pair of X-ray bubbles, called eROSITA bubbles (eRBs), detected in the halo of Milky Way are debated. Here, the authors show hydrodynamical simulations suggesting circumgalactic medium wind model can explain asymmetric eRBs.