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galactic fountain: a standalone construct

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galacticfountain1 CONSTRUCTGalactic fountainSHAPIRO · GALACTIC ASTRONOMY

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Galactic astronomy

the cycle in which hot gas from supernovae rises out of a galaxy's disk, cools in the halo and falls back as clouds.

In galactic astronomy, galactic fountain refers to the cycle in which hot gas from supernovae rises out of a galaxy's disk, cools in the halo and falls back as clouds. This meaning comes from Shapiro (1976) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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  1. Shapiro, P. R., & Field, G. B. (1976). Consequences of a New Hot Component of the Interstellar Medium. The Astrophysical Journal, 205, 762. https://doi.org/10.1086/154332

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