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Ionized Gas Kinematics at High Resolution V: [NeII], Multiple Clusters, High Efficiency Star Formation and Blue Flows in He 2-10

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2015-11-18 v1

Abstract

We measured the 12.8μ12.8\mum [NeII] line in the dwarf starburst galaxy He 2-10 with the high-resolution spectrometer TeXeS on the NASA IRTF. The data cube has diffraction-limited spatial resolution 1\sim1^{\prime\prime} and total velocity resolution including thermal broadening of 5\sim5km/s. This makes it possible to compare the kinematics of individual star-forming clumps and molecular clouds in the three dimensions of space and velocity, and allows us to determine star formation efficiencies. The kinematics of the ionized gas confirm that the starburst contains multiple dense clusters. From the M/RM/R of the clusters and the 3040\simeq30-40% star formation efficiencies the clusters are likely to be bound and long lived, like globulars. Non-gravitational features in the line profiles show how the ionized gas flows through the ambient molecular material, as well as a narrow velocity feature which we identify with the interface of the HII region and a cold dense clump. These data offer an unprecedented view of the interaction of embedded HII regions with their environment.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01742,
  title  = {Ionized Gas Kinematics at High Resolution V: [NeII], Multiple Clusters, High Efficiency Star Formation and Blue Flows in He 2-10},
  author = {Sara C. Beck and Jean L. Turner and John Lacy and Thomas Greathouse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01742},
  year   = {2015}
}

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accepted to ApJ