We measure resolved (kiloparsec-scale) outflow properties in a sample of 10 starburst galaxies from the DUVET (Deep near-UV observations of Entrained gas in Turbulent galaxies) sample, using Keck/KCWI observations of Hβ and [OIII]~λ5007. We measure ∼460 lines-of-sight that contain outflows, and use these to study scaling relationships of outflow velocity (vout), mass-loading factor (η; mass outflow rate per SFR) and mass flux (Σ˙out; mass outflow rate per area) with co-located SFR surface density (ΣSFR) and stellar mass surface density (Σ∗). We find strong, positive correlations of Σ˙out∝ΣSFR1.2 and Σ˙out∝Σ∗1.5. We also find shallow correlations between vout and both ΣSFR and Σ∗. Our resolved observations do not suggest a threshold in outflows with ΣSFR, but rather we find that the local specific SFR (ΣSFR/Σ∗) is a better predictor of where outflows are detected. We find that outflows are very common above ΣSFR/Σ∗≳0.1~Gyr−1 and rare below this value. We argue that our results are consistent with a picture in which outflows are driven by supernovae, and require more significant injected energy in higher mass surface density environments to overcome local gravity. The correlations we present here provide a statistically robust, direct comparison for simulations and higher redshift results from JWST.
@article{arxiv.2402.17830,
title = {DUVET: sub-kiloparsec resolved star formation driven outflows in a sample of local starbursting disk galaxies},
author = {Bronwyn Reichardt Chu and Deanne B. Fisher and John Chisholm and Danielle Berg and Alberto Bolatto and Alex J. Cameron and Drummond B. Fielding and Rodrigo Herrera-Camus and Glenn G. Kacprzak and Miao Li and Anna F. McLeod and Daniel K. McPherson and Nikole M. Nielsen and Ryan Rickards Vaught and Sophia G. Ridolfo and Karin Sandstrom},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.17830},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
23 pages, 9 figures, plus 5 figures in the Appendix. Supplementary table of results in Ancillary Files. Resubmitted to MNRAS after referee report