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Gemini/IFU Observations of Galactic Outflows in Starburst Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

Linda J. Smith  and
Mark S. Westmoquette
Linda J. Smith
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute and European Space Agency, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK
Mark S. Westmoquette
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower St., London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Abstract

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We present Gemini/IFU observations that sample the roots of the galactic wind outflows in the starburst galaxies NGC 1569 and M82. The good spatial and spectral resolutions of these observations allow us to probe the interactions of cluster winds with their environments on small scales. For both galaxies, we find a ubiquitous broad (200–300 km s−1) Hα component underlying a brighter narrower component. By mapping the properties of the individual line components, we find correlations that suggest that the broad component results from powerful cluster wind-gas clump interactions. For NGC 1569, there is little evidence for organised gas flows within the central zone and we suggest that the flow-dominated wind must form well beyond the region containing the massive star clusters. For M82, we find that the kinematics of the wind base are very complex; the width of the broad component reaches values of > 350 km s−1 at the base of the wind, and the outflow itself rapidly becomes chaotic in the inner wind region.

Keywords

ISM: jets and outflows – ISM: kinematics and dynamics – galaxies: ISM – galaxies: starburst
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S250: Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines , December 2007 , pp. 379 - 384
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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