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We investigate large-scale galactic winds driven by momentum deposition. Momentum injection is provided by (1) radiation pressure produced by the continuum absorption and scattering of UV photons on dust grains and (2) supernovae. UV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Norman Murray , Eliot Quataert , Todd A. Thompson

Galactic superwinds may be driven by very hot outflows generated by overlapping supernovae within the host galaxy. We use the Chevalier & Clegg (CC85) wind model and the observed correlation between X-ray luminosities of galaxies and their…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Dong Zhang , Todd A. Thompson , Norman Murray , Eliot Quataert

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

We present semi-analytical models of galactic outflows in high redshift galaxies driven by both hot thermal gas and non-thermal cosmic rays. Thermal pressure alone may not sustain a large scale outflow in low mass galaxies (i.e $M\sim…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-21 Saumyadip Samui , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Raghunathan Srianand

We study steady, radial gas outflows from galaxies in an effort to understand the way tenuous and hot gas is transported to large distances away from galaxies. In particular, we obtain solutions for outflow problems, and study the outflow…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Boqi Wang

Multiwavelength observations, from radio to X-rays, have revealed the presence of multiphase high-velocity gas near the center of the Milky Way likely associated with powerful galactic outflows. This region offers a unique laboratory to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-12 Andrea Afruni , Enrico M. Di Teodoro , Lucia Armillotta , Callum A. Lynn , Naomi M. McClure-Griffiths

Supernovae (SNe) drive multiphase galactic outflows, impacting galaxy formation; however, cosmological simulations mostly use \textit{ad hoc} feedback models for outflows, making outflow-related predictions from first principles…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 Miao Li , Greg L. Bryan

Galactic-scale winds are a generic feature of massive galaxies with high star formation rates across a broad range of redshifts. Despite their importance, a detailed physical understanding of what drives these mass-loaded global flows has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Munier Salem , Greg L. Bryan

Efficient thermalization of overlapping supernovae within star-forming galaxies may produce a supernova-heated fluid that drives galactic winds. For fiducial assumptions about the timescale for cloud shredding from high-resolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-19 Dong Zhang , Todd A. Thompson , Eliot Quataert , Norman Murray

Direct observational constraints on the earliest, stellar-wind-dominated phases of galactic outflows remain scarce. We present medium-resolution VLT/X-shooter spectroscopy of six Type I superluminous supernova (SLSN-I) host galaxies at z =…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-16 A. Saldana-Lopez , A. Gkini , M. J. Hayes , R. Lunnan , C. A. Carr , M. Huberty , C. Scarlata , S. Schulze , J. Sollerman

Massive stars blow powerful stellar winds throughout their evolutionary stages from the main sequence to Wolf-Rayet phases. The amount of mechanical energy deposited in the interstellar medium by the wind from a massive star can be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 Jeongbhin Seo , Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

We point out that the commonly assumed condition for galactic outflows, that supernovae (SNe) heating is efficient in the central regions of starburst galaxies, suffers from invalid assumptions. We show that a large filling factor of hot…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Biman B. Nath , Yuri Shchekinov

The steady state numerical solution and two dimensional hydrodynamic calculations of supergalactic winds generated by super star clusters are presented. Two possible regimes: quasi-adiabatic and strongly radiative are thoroughly discussed.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Silich , G. Tenorio-Tagle , C. Munoz-Tunon

The under-abundance of very massive galaxies in the universe is frequently attributed to the effect of galactic winds. Although ionized galactic winds are readily observable most of the expelled mass is likely in cooler atomic and molecular…

Starburst galaxies are generally associated with extended X-ray and radio halos, giving a clear hint of an outflow of gas and relativistic particles from the disk into the halo. The driving agents are, not surprisingly, active star forming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dieter Breitschwerdt

We propose a model of starburst--driven galactic outflows whose dynamics depends on both radiation and thermal pressure. Standard models of thermal pressure--driven winds fail to explain some key observations of outflows at low and high…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Biman B. Nath , Joseph Silk

Galactic winds from star-forming galaxies are crucial to the process of galaxy formation and evolution, regulating star formation, shaping the stellar mass function and the mass-metallicity relation, and enriching the intergalactic medium…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-05 Dong Zhang

We investigate galactic winds driven by supernova (SN) explosions in an isolated dwarf galaxy using high-resolution (particle mass $m_{\rm gas} = 1{\rm M_\odot}$, number of neighbor $N_{\rm ngb} = 100$) smoothed-particle hydrodynamics…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-12 Chia-Yu Hu

Frequent supernova explosions in compact starburst regions are a main shaper of these regions' interstellar media (ISM). In most starbursts, the supernova remnants blast open a hot phase that fills the regions and launches a superwind.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-27 Brian C. Lacki

Properties of starburst-driven outflows in dwarf galaxies are compared to those in more massive galaxies. Over a factor of roughly 10 in galactic rotation speed, supershells are shown to lift warm ionized gas out of the disk at rates up to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Crystal L. Martin