Thermal energies deposited by OB stellar clusters in starburst galaxies lead to the formation of galactic superwinds. Multi-wavelength observations of starburst-driven superwinds pointed at complex thermal and ionization structures which cannot adequately be explained by simple adiabatic assumptions. In this study, we perform hydrodynamic simulations of a fluid model coupled to radiative cooling functions, and generate time-dependent non-equilibrium photoionization models to predict physical conditions and ionization structures of superwinds using the maihem atomic and cooling package built on the program flash. Time-dependent ionization states and physical conditions produced by our simulations are used to calculate the emission lines of superwinds for various parameters, which allow us to explore implications of non-equilibrium ionization for starburst regions with potential radiative cooling.

We review the stellar mass loss of red giants and tip-AGB objects analizing the variation in the outflow velocity for different mass models (Wachter et al. 2002). We approach the superwind problem and see the evolution of tip-AGB stars via previously made mass-loss histories that are consistent with the Weidemann initial-final mass relationship (for carbon-rich stars). Finally density profiles are produced from these mass-loss histories, and the corresponding line-of-sight integration is compared with observational data (Phillips et al. 2009). We note the resemblance between the results obtained with our models and the observational data. We are thus able to reproduce the general trends of the emission from simple models (see Verbena et al. 2011).