We investigate the stellar mass–black hole mass (
The Magellanic Stream is sculpted by its infall through the Milky Way’s circumgalactic medium, but the rates and directions of mass, momentum, and energy exchange through the stream-halo interface are relative unknowns critical for determining the origin and fate of the Stream. Complementary to large-scale simulations of LMC-SMC interactions, we apply new insights derived from idealized, high-resolution
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10368635
- Publisher / Repository:
- DOI PREFIX: 10.3847
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Volume:
- 933
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 0004-637X
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- Article No. 120
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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