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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Simulation Results

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(Top) These are simulation results for two moving clouds affected by a strong compact gravity source. The diagram shows changes in the positions and shapes of the clouds over a period of 900 thousand years (starting from t=0) at intervals of 100 thousand years. The axes are in parsecs (1 parsec = 3.26 light years). (Bottom) Comparison of observational results (in gray) and the simulation (red, magenta, and orange) in terms of the shape and velocity structure. The shapes and velocities of the clouds at 700 thousand years in the simulation match the observational results well.

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Tomoharu Oka (Keio University)

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