These observation results were published as Izumi et al. «Do Circumnuclear
Dense Gas Disks Drive Mass Accretion onto Supermassive Black Holes?»
The team also succeeded in explaining, with a theoretical model, that the actual changes (balance of inflow and outflow) in gas levels they observed were the result of the increasing amount of gas falling into the supermassive black holes within the gas disks enhanced by strong turbulence generated by supernova explosions (an activity associated with star formation) when a star inside
the dense gas disks dies.
Not exact matches
The increased sensitivity and improved resolution of the EVLA will let scientists peer deep into star - forming clouds and spy on protoplanetary
disks of
dense gas surrounding young stars as well as track supernovae, fast - moving neutron stars and black holes, McKinnon says.
But in the inner
disk, warm
gas would fight against the planet's weak gravity, so the cold and
dense gas of the outer
disk is the more likely womb.
Such
disks have lost all of their
gas and are far less
dense than the ones around younger stars.
According to researchers, the debris from this collision formed a very wide
disk around Mars, made up of a
dense inner part composed of matter in fusion, and a very thin outer part primarily of
gas.
Using an unusual configuration of radio telescopes to detect particles the size of pebbles, Greaves found a
dense clump in the
disk of
gas and dust surrounding the star.
After carefully examining several possibilities, the team concluded that huge amounts of
gas are rapidly falling onto «little monster» black holes in each of these ULXs, which produces a
dense disk wind flowing away from the supercritical accretion
disk.
When
dense regions of a cloud collapse, the massive inner part becomes a star while the rest forms a swirling
disk of
gas and dust that may give rise to planets.
«
Dense molecular
gas disks drive the growth of supermassive black holes: Are supernova explosions the key?.»
The joint research team led by graduate student and JSPS fellow Takuma Izumi at the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo revealed for the first time — with observational data collected by ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array), in Chile, and other telescopes — that
dense molecular
gas disks occupying regions as large as a few light years at the centers of galaxies are supplying
gas directly to the supermassive black holes.
A conceptual rendition of
gas being driven into a supermassive black hole following a supernova explosion Strong turbulence caused by supernova explosions inside a
dense molecular
gas disk in the central region of a galaxy disturbs the stable motion of
gas.
When stars form, they are encircled by
dense regions of
gas and dust called protoplanetary
disks, from which planets form.
Astronomers have known for some time that certain black holes were surrounded by thick,
dense disks of
gas and dust called tori.
Around the accretion
disk are relatively
dense clouds of hot
gas that could be responsible for the broad emission lines seen in Type 1 Seyferts.
Some, like the Milky Way, are flat
disks with arcing spiral arms and regions of
dense interstellar
gas, called nebulae, which are active sites of star formation.
Strong turbulence caused by supernova explosions inside a
dense molecular
gas disk in the central region of a galaxy disturbs the stable motion of
gas.
However, it is impossible to measure the amount of dust and
gas in the
densest part of the
disk by near - infrared observations.
While Kraan - Korteweg's work over her career has dug up some 5,000 galaxies in the Vela Supercluster, she is confident that a sensitive enough radio survey of this neutral hydrogen
gas will triple that number and reveal structures that lie behind the
densest part of the Milky Way's
disk.