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Title: | Molecular outflows in starburst nuclei |
Authors: | Roy, Arpita Nath, Biman B. Sharma, Prateek Shchekinov, Yuri |
Keywords: | Bubbles Molecules ISM |
Issue Date: | Dec-2016 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press for the Royal Astronomical Society |
Citation: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016, Vol. 463, p2296-2309 |
Abstract: | Recent observations have detected molecular outflows in a few nearby starburst nuclei. We discuss the physical processes at work in such an environment in order to outline a scenario that can explain the observed parameters of the phenomenon, such as the molecular mass, speed and size of the outflows. We show that outflows triggered by OB associations, with NOB ≥ 105 (corresponding to a star formation rate (SFR)≥1 M⊙ yr−1 in the nuclear region), in a stratified disc with mid-plane density n0 ∼ 200–1000 cm−3 and scaleheight z0 ≥ 200(n0/102 cm−3)−3/5 pc, can form molecules in a cool dense and expanding shell. The associated molecular mass is ≥107 M⊙ at a distance of a few hundred pc, with a speed of several tens of km s−1. We show that an SFR surface density of 10 ≤ ΣSFR ≤ 50 M⊙ yr−1 kpc−2 favours the production of molecular outflows, consistent with observed values. |
Description: | Open Access |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6633 |
ISSN: | 0035-8711 1365-2966 - (online) |
Alternative Location: | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016MNRAS.tmp.1241R https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.04328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2127 |
Copyright: | 2016 The authors & the Royal Astronomical Society |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (A&A) |
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