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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

Most massive galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centre. Matter accretion creates an active galactic nucleus (AGN), forming a relativistic particle wind. The wind heats and pushes the interstellar medium, producing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-23 Martynas Laužikas , Kastytis Zubovas

Ultra-fast outflows (UFOs) are thought to be a driving mechanism of large-scale winds driven by active galactic nuclei, which cause significant galactic feedback through quenching star formation and regulating supermassive black hole…

Galactic superwinds occur in almost all infrared-luminous galaxies with star formation rates (SFRs) above 10 M_sun/yr, as shown by studies of the NaI D interstellar absorption line. We demonstrate that this result also applies to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 David S. Rupke , Sylvain Veilleux , D. B. Sanders

The interstellar medium heated by SN explosions may acquire an expansion velocity larger than the escape velocity and leave the galaxy through a supersonic wind. SN ejecta are transported out of the galaxies by such winds which thus affect…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Melioli , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

We examined archival Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer data to search for far-ultraviolet emission lines in the starburst galaxy M82. The observations were made in an outflow region that extends beyond the galactic disk. We found the O…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-05 Jin-Ah Kim , Haeun Chung , Carlos J. Vargas , Erika Hamden

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 winds are a prime suspect for the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium and may have a strong influence on the chemical evolution of galaxies and the nature of QSO absorption line systems. We use a sample of 1406 galaxy…

Massive stars drive strong winds that impact the surrounding interstellar medium, producing parsec-scale bubbles for isolated stars and superbubbles around young clusters. These bubbles can be observed across the electromagnetic spectrum,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-17 Jonathan Mackey

[Abridged] We present Gemini-N GMOS-IFU observations of the central starburst clumps and inner wind of M82, together with WIYN DensePak IFU observations of the inner 2x0.9kpc of the disk. These cover the emission lines of H$\alpha$, [NII],…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 M. S. Westmoquette , L. J. Smith , J. S. Gallagher , G. Trancho , N. Bastian , I. S. Konstantopoulos

A major outstanding problem in stellar astrophysics lies in understanding the wind generation mechanism by which evolved giants lose mass. Phase-resolved observations of eclipsing symbiotic binary systems, containing a mass-losing giant and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cian Crowley , Brian R. Espey , Stephan R. McCandliss

The properties of starbursts in ultraluminous infrared galaxies are discussed, with particular emphasis on the fueling, the amount of extinction and the intrinsic properties of the nuclear starbursts. It is shown by the example of NGC6240…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul P. van der Werf

Galactic outflows of low ionization, cool gas are ubiquitous in local starburst galaxies, and in the majority of galaxies at high redshift. How these cool outflows arise is still in question. Hot gas from supernovae has long been suspected…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Norman Murray , Brice Ménard , Todd A. Thompson

Photospheric radiation momentum is efficiently transferred by absorption through metal lines to the gaseous matter in the atmospheres of massive stars, sustaining strong winds and mass loss rates. Not only is this critical for the evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fabio Bresolin , Rolf-Peter Kudritzki

Winds launched at the scale of the accretion disc or dusty torus in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are thought to drive energy-conserving outflows that shape galaxy evolution. The key signature of such outflows, the presence of a hot ($T…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-06 Ivan Almeida , Tiago Costa , Chris M. Harrison , Samuel R. Ward

In this work, the gas infall and the formation of outflows around low and high mass protostars are investigated. A radial self-similar approach to model the transit of the molecular gas around the central object is employed. We include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Combet , T. Lery , G. C. Murphy

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

We present hydrodynamic simulations of a major merger of disk galaxies, and study the ISM dynamics and star formation properties. High spatial and mass resolutions of 12pc and 4x10^4 M_sol allow to resolve cold and turbulent gas clouds…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Romain Teyssier , Damien Chapon , Frederic Bournaud

The analytic galactic wind model derived by Chevalier and Clegg in 1985 (CC85) assumes $\textit{uniform}$ energy and mass-injection within the starburst galaxy nucleus. However, the structure of nuclear star clusters, bulges, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-18 Dustin D. Nguyen , Todd A. Thompson , Evan E. Schneider , Sebastian Lopez , Laura A. Lopez

The molecular phase of supernova-driven outflows originates from the cold, molecular gas in the disc of a star-forming galaxy, and may carry a substantial fraction of the wind mass flux in some galaxies, but it remains poorly understood.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-24 Aditi Vijayan , Mark R. Krumholz