chapter 18 our galaxy
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Chapter 18 Our Galaxy. What does our galaxy look like?. Our Problem. We are inside one of the spiral arms. The Milky Way galaxy appears in our sky as a faint band of light. Our Parent Galaxy. Name from the Greeks ( galactos milk) via the Romans - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 18Our Galaxy
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What does our galaxy look like?
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Our Problem
We are inside one of the spiral arms.
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The Milky Way galaxy appears in our sky as a faint band of light
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Our Parent GalaxyName from the Greeks (galactos milk) via the Romans
Our sun is in the galactic disk which contains most of the luminous stars and interstellar matter.
100-200 billion stars.
The density of stars and interstellar matter makes it difficult to study the Galaxy from within. We see only about 10%. Yet except for Andromeda and the Large and Small Magallanic clouds every naked eye object belongs to the Milky Way.
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Our Parent Galaxy cont
Much of what we think we know of our galaxy comes from the study of other galaxies similar to our own.
Ours is a spiral or more likely a barred spiral galaxy.
All spiral galaxies have a Galactic bulge and disk embedded in a roughly spherical ball of faint old stars called the Galactic halo.
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Andromeda Structure
a) Andromeda Galaxy , 2.5 million lyr. away, 30,000 pc across
b) b) more detail
c) Double core, 15 pc
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Star CountsEarly attempts
William Herschel in late 18th century tried to estimate the size and shape of the galaxy (the universe at that time) by counting stars in different directions.
..found Sun at center of “grind stone” , flattened disk estimated later to be about 10 kpc diameter and 2 kpc thick.
The error came from not knowing the role or the extent of interstellar gas and dust.
Any objects more than a few kpc are hidden in the visible region. Herschel’s shape has more to do with visibility than stellar distribution.
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Herschel’s Galaxy Model
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Dusty gas clouds obscure our view because they absorb visible light
This is the interstellar medium that makes new star systems
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All-Sky View
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Early Galaxy markersTwo classes of objects were the focus of study of the large scale structure of the universe:
Globular clusters and Spiral nebulae
Both are too far away for parallax measurement and the HR diagrams (1911) were useless since individual stars couldn’t be clearly identified.
It was assumed globular clusters were within our galaxy , spiral nebulae were even less understood.
Early photographs were thought to be stars forming.
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We see our galaxy edge-on
Primary features: disk, bulge, halo, globular clusters
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From NASANSN materials
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If we could view the Milky Way from above the disk, we would see its spiral arms
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NGC 4603
Spiral galaxy, 100 million light years away
Blue (young stars)
Red giants (older)
Only brightest stars are resolved, others merge into haze.
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How do stars orbit in our galaxy?
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Stars in the disk all orbit in the same direction with a little up-and-down motion
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Orbits of stars in the bulge and halo have random orientations
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Sun’s orbital motion (radius and velocity) tells us mass within Sun’s orbit:
=1.0 x 1011 MSun
Mr r v 2
G
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How is gas recycled in our galaxy?
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Lower mass stars return gas to interstellar space through stellar winds and planetary nebulae. About ½ the original mass of the star is recycled into the interstellar medium.
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High-mass stars have strong stellar winds that blow bubbles of hot gas
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X-rays from hot gas in supernova remnants reveal newly-made heavy elements
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Supernova remnant cools and begins to emit visible light as it expands
New elements made by supernova mix into interstellar medium.
Interaction with the interstellar medium helps further slow and cool the remnant.
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Radio emission in supernova remnants is from particles accelerated to near light speed
Cosmic rays probably come from supernovae
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Multiple supernovae create huge hot “super bubbles” that can blow out of disk in what is called a galactic fountain.
Gas clouds cooling in the halo can rain back down on disk
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Atomic hydrogen gas forms as hot gas cools, allowing electrons to join with protons
Molecular clouds form next, after gas cools enough to allow to atoms to combine into molecules
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Molecular clouds in Orion
Composition:• Mostly H2 ~70%• About 28% He• About 1% CO• Many other molecules
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Gravity forms stars out of the gas in molecular clouds, completing the star-gas-star cycle
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Radiation from newly formed stars is eroding these star-forming clouds
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Summary of Galactic Recycling
• Stars make new elements by fusion• Dying stars expel gas and new elements, producing hot
bubbles (~106 K)• Hot gas cools, allowing atomic hydrogen clouds to form
(~100-10,000 K)• Further cooling permits molecules to form, making
molecular clouds (~30 K)• Gravity forms new stars (and planets) in molecular clouds
Gas
Coo
ls
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Thought Question
Where will the gas be in 1 trillion years?
A. Blown out of galaxyB. Still recycling just like nowC. Locked into white dwarfs and low-mass stars
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We observe star-gas-star cycle operating in Milky Way’s disk using many different wavelengths of light
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Infrared light reveals stars whose visible light is blocked by gas clouds
Infrared
Visible
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X-rays are observed from hot gas above and below the Milky Way’s disk
X-rays
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21-cm radio waves emitted by atomic hydrogen show where gas has cooled and settled into disk
Radio (21cm)
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Radio waves from carbon monoxide (CO) show locations of molecular clouds
Radio (CO)
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Long-wavelength infrared emission shows where young stars are heating dust grains
IR(dust)
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Gamma rays show where cosmic rays from supernovae collide with atomic nuclei in gas clouds
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Where do stars tend to form in our galaxy?
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Ionization/emission nebulae are found around short-lived high-mass stars, signifying active star formation
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Reflection nebulae scatter the light from stars
Why do reflection nebulae look bluer than the nearby stars?
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Reflection nebulae scatter the light from stars
Why do reflection nebulae look bluer than the nearby stars?
For the same reason that our sky is blue!
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Disk: Ionization nebulae, blue stars star formation
Halo: No ionization nebulae, no blue stars no star formation
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Much of star formation in disk happens in spiral arms
Whirlpool Galaxy
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Much of star formation in disk happens in spiral arms
Whirlpool Galaxy
Ionization NebulaeBlue StarsGas Clouds
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Spiral arms are waves of star formation
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Spiral arms are waves of star formation
1. Gas clouds get squeezed as they move into spiral arms
2. Squeezing of clouds triggers star formation
3. Young stars flow out of spiral arms
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What clues to our galaxy’s history do halo stars hold?
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Populations of stars Two stellar populations based on the “metal” content
METAL - any element bigger than He.
Population I metal rich, up to 2-3%
Disk stars
Circular orbits
Relatively young stars formed in the last 5 billion years
e.g. the sun and type I Cephids
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Population II
Low metal content ~0.1%
Belong to the spherical component of the galaxy, halo population stars
Randomly tipped, elliptical orbits,
Old stars, globular clusters, RR Lyrae and Type II Cephids.
There is an observable graduation in each population, but
Extreme Pop I in spiral arms, Intermediate throughout the disk
Intermediate Pop II in nuclear bulge. Most metal poor stars are in globular clusters of the halo.
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Spectra of Population I vs II
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Halo Stars: 0.02-0.2% heavy elements (O, Fe, …), only old stars
Disk Stars: 2% heavy elements, stars of all ages
Halo stars formed first, then stopped
Disk stars formed later, kept forming
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How did our galaxy form?
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Our galaxy probably formed from a giant gas cloud
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Halo stars formed first as gravity caused cloud to contract
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Remaining gas settled into spinning disk
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Stars continuously form in disk as galaxy grows older
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Stars continuously form in disk as galaxy grows older
Warning: This model is oversimplified
If the galaxy formed form a single gas cloud then the outer regions of the disk would be old population II stars, and the age of globular clusters would be distance dependent. …
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Detailed studies: Halo stars formed in clumps that later merged
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What lies in the center of our galaxy?
The center of our galaxy is in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
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Infrared light from center Radio emission from center
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Radio emission from center Swirling gas near center
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Swirling gas near center Orbiting star near center
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Orbits in close to center
Central stars have high orbital velocity.
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Wide field radio image of
center
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Stars appear to be orbiting something massive but invisible … a black hole?
Orbits of stars indicate a mass of about 4 million MSun
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X-ray flares from galactic center suggest that tidal forces of suspected black hole occasionally tear apart chunks of matter about to fall in