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How did the Stellar Winds of Massive Stars influence the Surrounding Environment in the Galactic Center?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 November 2022

Mengfei Zhang Open the ORCID record for Mengfei Zhang [Opens in a new window]  and
Zhiyuan Li
Mengfei Zhang
Affiliation:
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China email: zmf@nju.edu.cn Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
Zhiyuan Li
Affiliation:
School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China email: zmf@nju.edu.cn Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract

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In the Galactic center, there are many massive stars blowing strong stellar winds, which will strongly influence the surrounding environment and even the Galactic feedback. The Galactic center is quiescent at present, so the unique continuous energy input source is the massive star, consequently giving rise to many special features, such as the radio bubbles, the X-ray chimneys, the non-thermal filaments and high-metallicity abundance. However, it is difficult to quantify their contributions due to the complex environment in this region, and the past supernovae and Sgr A* activity are also important factors shaping these features. In this work, we discuss some structures possibly related to the stellar winds and perform preliminary simulations to study their evolution. We conclude the stellar winds can obviously influence a large scale ∼ 100 pc, and can possibly influence a larger scale environment indirectly.

Keywords

Galaxy: centerstars: windsISM: bubblessupernova remnants
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Contributed Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 16 , Symposium S366: The Origin of Outflows in Evolved Stars , November 2020 , pp. 57 - 62
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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