3d Hd and Mhd Adaptive Mesh Refinement Simulations of the Global and Local Ism
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We have performed high resolution 3D simulations with adaptive mesh refinement, following the ISM evolution in a star forming galaxy both on small (<1 pc) and large (>10 kpc) scales, enabling us to track structures in cooling shock compressed regions as well as the entire Galactic fountain flow. It is shown in an MHD run that the latter one is not inhibited by a large scale disk parallel magnetic field. The fountain plays a vital rôle in limiting the volume filling factor of the hot gas. Contrary to classical models most of the gas between 100K and 8000 K is found to be thermally unstable. On scales of superbubbles we find that the internal temperature structure is rather inhomogeneous for an old object like our Local Bubble, leading to low Ovi column densities, consistent with observations.
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