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Winds from nuclear Starbursts: Old truths and recent progress on superwinds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2004

David K. Strickland
David K. Strickland
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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I will discuss a few select aspects of the most common and best understood galactic-scale outflow – starburst-driven superwinds, focusing on winds from nuclear starburst galaxies. I will show that modern observations, in particular in the soft and hard X-ray bands, complement and reinforce the existing paradigm of superwinds as flows collectively driven by multiple SNe. The properties of the diffuse X-ray emission from dwarf starburst galaxies, LBOL∼L[sstarf ] starburst in spiral galaxies, and ULIRGS, are all consistent with superwind activity. Where appropriate, I contrast the physics of starburst-driven winds with poorly collimated winds from AGN, and discuss what we know of the role of LLAGN and Seyfert nuclei in starburst superwind galaxies.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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INVITED LECTURES
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUS222 , March 2004 , pp. 249 - 254
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union