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Massive stars lose a large fraction of their original mass over the course of their evolution. These stellar winds shape the surrounding medium according to parameters that are the result of the characteristics of the stars, varying over…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-17 Allard Jan van Marle , Rony Keppens , Sung-Chul Yoon , Norbert Langer

We study the properties of cosmic-ray (CR) driven galactic winds from the warm interstellar medium using idealized spherically symmetric time-dependent simulations. The key ingredients in the model are radiative cooling and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-11 Shaunak Modak , Eliot Quataert , Yan-Fei Jiang , Todd A. Thompson

We present analytical solutions for winds from galaxies with NFW dark matter halo. We consider winds driven by energy and mass injection from multiple supernovae, as well as momentum injection due to radiation from a central black hole. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Mahavir Sharma , Biman B. Nath

This paper reports the first measurement of the relationship between turbulent velocity and cloud size in the diffuse circumgalactic medium (CGM) in typical galaxy halos at redshift z~0.4-1. Through spectrally-resolved absorption profiles…

Mass loss from massive stars ($\ga 8 \msun$) can result in the formation of circumstellar wind blown cavities surrounding the star, bordered by a thin, dense, cold shell. When the star explodes as a core-collapse supernova (SN), the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

Context. The galactic winds of starburst galaxies (SBGs) give rise to remarkable structures on kiloparsec scales. However, the evolution and shape of these giant wind bubbles, as well as the properties of the shocks they develop, are not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-05 Z. Meliani , P. Cristofari , A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , E. Proust , E. Peretti

Convection and mass loss by stellar winds are two dynamical processes that shape asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and their evolution. Observations and earlier 3D models indicate that giant convection cells cause high-contrast surface…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-30 Bernd Freytag , Susanne Höfner

Galactic winds shape the stellar, gas, and metal content of galaxies. To quantify their impact, we must understand their physics. We review potential wind-driving mechanisms and observed wind properties, with a focus on the warm ionized and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-21 Todd A. Thompson , Timothy M. Heckman

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is the diffuse gas surrounding a galaxy's halo, and it plays a vital role in the galactic baryon cycle. However, its mass distribution across the virial phase and the cooler, denser atomic phase, remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-04 Rajsekhar Mohapatra , Alankar Dutta , Prateek Sharma

We develop an analytic framework for the evolution of feedback-driven bubbles expanding into a hot, volume-filling circumgalactic medium (CGM), where the ambient pressure and sound speed are non-negligible and radiative cooling is often…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Jiang-Tao Li

Stars in globular clusters lose mass through slow stellar winds that are retained by the stellar cluster and contribute to build up a non negligible intracluster medium over time. However, all the observations so far found only a negligible…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 William Chantereau

Winds are ubiquitous in galaxies and often feature bubble structures. These wind bubbles are characterized by an external forward shock expanding in the surrounding medium and a wind termination shock separating the cool and fast wind from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-13 Enrico Peretti

Galactic outflows from local starburst galaxies typically exhibit a layered geometry, with cool $10^4\,$K flow sheathing a hotter $10^7\,$K, cylindrically-collimated, X-ray emitting plasma. Here, we argue that winds driven by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-22 Dustin D. Nguyen , Todd A. Thompson

Observational evidence shows that low-redshift galaxies are surrounded by extended haloes of multiphase gas, the so-called 'circumgalactic medium' (CGM). To study the survival of relatively cool gas (T < 10^5 K) in the CGM, we performed a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 L. Armillotta , F. Fraternali , J. K. Werk , J. X. Prochaska , F. Marinacci

In this contribution I summarize our current knowledge of the nature and significance of starburst-driven galactic winds (``superwinds''). Superwinds are complex multiphase outflows of cool, warm, and hot gas, dust, and magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Timothy M. Heckman

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) of nearby star-forming galaxies show clear indications of \ion{O}{6} absorption accompanied by little to no \ion{N}{5} absorption. This unusual spectral signature, accompanied by absorption from lower…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-17 Edward Buie , William Gray , Evan Scannapieco

We present a dynamical model for gas transport, star formation, and winds in the nuclear regions of galaxies, focusing on the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone (CMZ). In our model angular momentum and mass are transported by a combination…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-18 Mark R. Krumholz. , J. M. Diederik Kruijssen , Roland M. Crocker

Supernova (SN) blast waves inject energy and momentum into the interstellar medium (ISM), control its turbulent multiphase structure and the launching of galactic outflows. Accurate modelling of the blast wave evolution is therefore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-25 Sebastian Haid , Stefanie Walch , Thorsten Naab , Daniel Seifried , Jonathan Mackey , Andrea Gatto

We present three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of magnetized gas clouds accelerated by hot winds. We initialize gas clouds with tangled internal magnetic fields and show that this field suppresses the disruption of the cloud:…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Michael McCourt , Ryan M. O'Leary , Ann-Marie Madigan , Eliot Quataert

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is responsive to kinetic disruptions generated by nearby astrophysical events. In this work, we study the saturation and dissipation of turbulent hydrodynamics within the CGM through an extensive array of 252…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-28 Alex Lv , Lile Wang , Renyue Cen , Luis C. Ho