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We present an analytical model for the hydrodynamic outflow from the disk of a starburst galaxy. The model is used to calculate the cosmic ray propagation and the radio intensity distribution in the nuclear starbust region of NGC 253. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 V. N. Zirakashvili , H. J. Voelk

[abridged] We present optical integral field unit observations (VLT/VIMOS-IFU and WIYN/SparsePak), and associated archival deep Halpha imaging (ESO 2.2m WFI), of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC253. With VIMOS we observed the nuclear region…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. S. Westmoquette , L. J. Smith , J. S. Gallagher

Young massive clusters play an important role in the evolution of their host galaxies, and feedback from the high-mass stars in these clusters can have profound effects on the surrounding interstellar medium. The nuclear starburst in the…

We use ALMA to derive the mass, length, and time scales associated with the nuclear starburst in NGC 253. This region forms ~2 M_sun/yr of stars and resembles other starbursts in scaling relations, with star formation consuming the gas…

Hidden from optical view in the starburst region of the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 lies an intense radio source with an unusual spectrum which could be interpreted variously as nebular gas ionized by a young stellar cluster or nonthermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Varoujan Gorjian , Jean L. Turner , Sara C. Beck

The blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC 5253 hosts a very young central starburst. The center contains intense radio thermal emission from a massive ultracompact H II region (or "supernebula") and two massive and very young super star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-24 Linda J. Smith , Varun Bajaj , Jenna Ryon , Elena Sabbi

The modest extinction and reasonably face-on viewing geometry make the luminous IR galaxy NGC1614 an ideal laboratory for study of a powerful starburst. HST/NICMOS observations show: 1.) deep CO stellar absorption, tracing a starburst…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Alonso-Herrero , C. W. Engelbracht , M. J. Rieke , G. H. Rieke , A. C. Quillen

Using high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope data, we reexamine the fundamental properties (ages, masses and extinction values) of the rich star cluster population in the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 5253. The gain in resolution compared to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Richard de Grijs , Peter Anders , Erik Zackrisson , Göran Östlin

We present 5.2" x 2.6" resolution interferometry of CO J=1-0 emission from the starburst galaxy NGC 253. The high spatial resolution of these new data, in combination with recent high resolution maps of 13CO, HCN and near-infrared emission,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. A. D. Paglione , O. Yam , T. Tosaki , J. M. Jackson

We report the detection of CO(2-1) and 3.1 mm and 1.3 mm continuum emission towards the extremely young starburst in NGC 5253, with data taken from the Owens Valley Millimeter Array. Faint CO emission originates in five molecular clouds…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 David S. Meier , Jean L. Turner , Sara C. Beck

NGC 1097 is a nearby SBb galaxy with a Seyfert nucleus and a bright starburst ring. We study the physical properties of the interstellar medium (ISM) in the ring using spatially resolved far-infrared spectral maps of the circumnuclear…

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…

Integral field optical spectroscopy with the INTEGRAL fiber-based systemis used to map the extended ionized regions and gas flows in Mrk 273, one of the closest Ultraluminous Infrared galaxies (ULIRGs). The Hbeta and [OIII]5007 maps show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Colina , S. Arribas , K. Borne

NGC253 is the nearest spiral galaxy with a nuclear starburst which becomes the best candidate to study the relationship between starburst and AGN activity. However, this central region is veiled by large amounts of dust, and it has been so…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-28 G. I. Günthardt , M. P. Agüero , J. A. Camperi , R. J. Díaz , P. L. Gomez , G. Bosch , M. Schirmer

Near-infrared (NIR) integral-field spectroscopy (IFS) of violent starburst environments at high spatial (and spectral) resolution has the potential to revolutionise our ideas regarding the local interactions between the newly-formed massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Richard de Grijs

The physical conditions in typical starburst galaxies are investigated through critical infrared (IR) line ratios, as previously suggested by Lutz et al. (1998, A&A, 333, L75). The calculations by a composite model which consistently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sueli M. Viegas , Marcella Contini , Thierry Contini

We investigate the star cluster population in the outer parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 5253 using archive images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Based on the F415W, F555W, and F814W photometry ages…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 D. Harbeck , J. Gallagher , D. Crnojević

Chandra observations of the core of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 reveal a heavily absorbed source of hard X-rays embedded within the nuclear starburst region. The source has an unabsorbed, 2 to 10 keV luminosity of >=10^39 erg/s and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kimberly Weaver , Timothy Heckman , David Strickland , Michael Dahlem

We have obtained a Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet image and spectrum of the nearby Wolf-Rayet galaxy NGC 1741. The spatial morphology from the Faint Object Camera image is dominated by two main starburst centers, each being about 100…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Peter S. Conti , Claus Leitherer , William D. Vacca

We present Gemini-S/GMOS-IFU optical spectroscopy of four regions near the centre of the nearby (3.8 Mpc) dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 5253. This galaxy is famous for hosting a radio supernebula containing two deeply embedded massive super…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 M. S. Westmoquette , B. James , A. Monreal-Ibero , J. R. Walsh