Table 1 Distances in kpc from the galactic center corresponding to a given total mass loss at the end of the AGN phase of Sgr A*.

From: The habitability of the Milky Way during the active phase of its central supermassive black hole

 

0.05M atm,⊕

0.3M atm,⊕

1M atm,⊕

3M atm,⊕

ε = 0.6, τ = 0

4.66

1.90

1.04

0.60

ε = 0.1, τ = 0

1.90

0.78

0.43

0.25

ε = 0.6, τ = 1

2.84

1.16

0.63

0.37

ε = 0.1, τ = 1

1.16

0.47

0.26

0.15

  1. Each column corresponds to a fraction of the atmosphere mass of present day Earth (0.05M atm,⊕ is approximately the mass of present day Mars’ atmosphere). Each line was computed for various combinations of the efficiency factor for hydrodynamic escape ε and attenuation by the AGN torus τ.
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