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A 3D view of galactic winds in luminous infrared galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2015

P. Martín-Fernández
Affiliation:
Dpto. Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, 18071–Granada, Spain, email: [email protected]
J. Jiménez-Vicente
Affiliation:
Dpto. Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, 18071–Granada, Spain, email: [email protected] Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Granada, Spain
A. Zurita
Affiliation:
Dpto. Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Universidad de Granada, 18071–Granada, Spain, email: [email protected] Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Granada, Spain
E. Mediavilla
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38200–La Laguna, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Dpto. de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200-La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
A. Castillo-Morales
Affiliation:
Dpto. de Astrofísica y CC. de la Atmósfera, UCM, 28040–Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

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Galactic winds and outflows are an ubiquitous phenomenon in galaxies with active star formation and/or active nuclei. They constitute the main mechanism for redistributing dust and metals on large scales and are therefore a key ingredient to understand the life cycle of galaxies. Among galaxies, ULIRGs are of particular interest in this context, as they host intense starbursts and are likely to be the dominant star formers at z > 1. These objects have been shown to host important winds, but it is not yet known what is the frequency of galactic winds and their properties in galaxies with lower star formation rates (SFR). We are studying galactic winds in a sample of 21 galaxies with different SFRs (including ULIRGs) from observations with the INTEGRAL fiber spectrograph on the 4.2m WHT. In order to be able to address the complex multi–phase nature of the wind phenomenon, we have used the Na I D doublet absorption lines to trace cold gas, and a few emission lines (Hα, [N ii] and [S ii]) to trace the warmer ionized gas of the wind. The distribution and kinematics of both components in these objects is then analysed. Preliminary results show strong spatial correlation between regions with high non–circular velocities, areas with high star formation activity and regions with two different components in the emission lines. This set of data will help us to characterise the distribution and kinematics of the winds and their relation with the host galaxy type.

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