A XRISM PATHFINDER STUDY: MILKY WAY-LIKE BUBBLES IN EXTERNAL DISK GALAXIES
The circumgalactic medium (CGM) plays a key role in the evolution and formation of galaxies. Gamma and X-ray observatories discovered spectacular structures in the emission of the tenuous gas surrounding the Milky Way: the so-called Fermi and eROSITA bubbles. Galaxy formation simulations suggest that MW-like bubbles could be ubiquitous, but so far no instrument offered the combination of a large field of view, low background, and high sensitivity required for their detection in other galaxies. We propose to search for MW-like bubbles in two nearby, edge-on, disk galaxies, analogs of the Milky Way and Andromeda. Exploiting XRISM Xtend capabilities, we will explore the presence of MW-like bubbles by characterizing the spatial and spectral properties of the large-scale CGM emission.
TELESCOP= 'XRISM ' / Mission name INSTRUME= 'RESOLVE ' / Instrument name FILTER = 'FE55 ' / Filter name used OBS_ID = '201105010' / Observation identification string OBJECT = 'NGC4565 ' / Object name OBSERVER= 'AKOS BOGDAN' / PI name OBS_MODE= 'POINTING' / POINTING or SLEW or ALL RA_OBJ = 189.0867 / [deg] Object Right ascension DEC_OBJ = 25.9874 / [deg] Object Declination RA_PNT = 189.08992273908 / Pointing RA DEC_PNT = 25.98522025308 / Pointing DEC RA_NOM = 189.086360318284 / [deg] Nominal aspect point R.A. DEC_NOM = 25.9877603735406 / [deg] Nominal aspect point Dec. PA_NOM = 314.99910135462 / [deg] Nominal aspect point roll. TELAPSE = 117462.120887011 / Elapsed time DATE-OBS= '2025-05-20T07:44:12' / Start date DATE-END= '2025-05-21T16:21:54.120887' / Stop date ONTIME = 2107.9234607 / On-source time EXPOSURE= 2107.9234607 / Exposure time PROCVER = '03.02.014.010' / Processing script version MKFFF = 'ISAS/JAXA' / Origin of First FITS file ORIGIN = 'GSFC/NASA' / Origin of Processed FITS file SOFTVER = 'Hea_12Mar2025_V6.35_XRISM_28Feb2025_V002' / Version of HEADAS used CALDBVER= 'gen20241115_xtd20241115_rsl20241115' / Version of CALDB used DATE = '2025-07-13T21:51:17' / Date and time this file was created or updated SIB2_VER= 'V03.01 ' / SIB2 version JAXA