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- Menacho Menacho, Veronica, 1983-
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Impact of feedback on the ISM of extreme starburst galaxies : The case of Haro 11
- 2020
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Blue compact galaxies (BCGs) are compact, metal-poor, starbursting galaxies with characteristics similar to what is expected for the young high-redshifted galaxies. BCGs are among the most active in producing a large number of massive star clusters, each containing thousands of massive stars. During their short life, massive stars are continuously injecting energy, heat and momentum into the ISM via their intense radiation, stellar winds, and later on supernova explosions. These feedback mechanisms impact directly the star's surroundings, but when this feedback originates from a concentration of massive star clusters, it can strongly affect the condition of the gas of the entire galaxy.This thesis presents a detailed analysis of the ionized gas condition and the effect of strong feedback in Haro 11, an extreme starbursting BCG and the closest Lyman continuum (LyC) leaking galaxy. We exploit the spectro-photometric capabilities of the MUSE instrument, by slicing the galaxy spectra in a sequence of maps in velocity bins, in order to obtain a 3D information of the galaxy. Haro 11 has a rich population of massive and predominantly young star clusters, concentrated in three compact knots within its 4 x 4 kpc$^2$ centre. We find that the localised stellar feedback is strongly impacting the global kinematics and the condition of the gas up to further distances in the halo. Many kpc-scale structures such as filaments, shells and bubbles were traced in our data. Moreover, the strong feedback seems to have developed kpc-scale bubbles, outflows and galactic ionized cones with drastic consequences for the likely escape of Ly$\alpha$ and LyC photons, gas and metals out of the galaxy. The extended halo around Haro 11 is governed by photoionization processes and/or shocks from recurrent supernovae originated in the central starburst region. Due to the galaxy's extreme ISM condition, commonly used emission lines diagnostics produce, in part, large discrepancies in the ionized gas properties.The results presented in this work highlight: a) the strong impact of stellar feedback affecting the ISM at all scales in starburst systems; b) the fact that traditional relations drawn up from averaged measurements of emission lines or from simplified models, fail in probing the condition of the gas in extreme environments. This is an appeal to revisit the standard relations by including more realistic models where several physical processes are simultaneously at work; c) the method applied here can be used to explore in detail the high sensitive, high spatial-resolution data from future facilities such as JWST/ELT.
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- Bik, Arjan, et al.
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Spatially resolved gas and stellar kinematics in compact starburst galaxies
- 2022
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 666
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context. The kinematics of galaxies provide valuable insights into their physics and assembly history. Kinematics are governed not only by the gravitational potential, but also by merger events and stellar feedback processes such as stellar winds and supernova explosions.Aims. We aim to identify what governs the kinematics in a sample of SDSS-selected nearby starburst galaxies, by obtaining spatially resolved measurements of the gas and stellar kinematics.Methods. We obtained near-infrared integral-field K-band spectroscopy with VLT/SINFONI for 15 compact starburst galaxies. We derived the integrated as well as spatially resolved stellar and gas kinematics. The stellar kinematics were derived from the CO absorption bands, and Paα and Brγ emission lines were used for the gas kinematics.Results. Based on the integrated spectra, we find that the majority of galaxies have gas and stellar velocity dispersion that are comparable. A spatially resolved comparison shows that the six galaxies that deviate show evidence for a bulge or stellar feedback. Two galaxies are identified as mergers based on their double-peaked emission lines. In our sample, we find a negative correlation between the ratio of the rotational velocity over the velocity dispersion (vrot/σ) and the star formation rate surface density.Conclusions. We propose a scenario where the global kinematics of the galaxies are determined by gravitational instabilities that affect both the stars and gas. This process could be driven by mergers or accretion events. Effects of stellar feedback on the ionised gas are more localised and detected only in the spatially resolved analysis. The mass derived from the velocity dispersion provides a reliable mass even if the galaxy cannot be spatially resolved. The technique used in this paper is applicable to galaxies at low and high redshift with the next generation of infrared-focussed telescopes (JWST and ELT).
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- Bik, Adrianus, et al.
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Super star cluster feedback driving ionization, shocks and outflows in the halo of the nearby starburst ESO 338-IG04
- 2018
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 619
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context. Stellar feedback strongly affects the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. Stellar feedback in the first galaxies likely plays a major role in enabling the escape of LyC photons, which contribute to the re-ionization of the Universe. Nearby starburst galaxies serve as local analogues allowing for a spatially resolved assessment of the feedback processes in these galaxies. Aims. We aim to characterize the feedback effects from the star clusters in the local high-redshift analogue ESO 338-IG04 on the ISM and compare the results with the properties of the most massive clusters. Methods. We used high quality VLT/MUSE optical integral field data to derive the physical properties of the ISM such as ionization, density, shocks, and performed new fitting of the spectral energy distributions of the brightest clusters in ESO 338-IG04 from HST imaging. Results. We find that ESO 338-IG04 has a large ionized halo which we detect to a distance of 9 kpc. We identify four Wolf-Rayet (WR) clusters based on the blue and red WR bump. We follow previously identified ionization cones and find that the ionization of the halo increases with distance. Analysis of the galaxy kinematics shows two complex outflows driven by the numerous young clusters in the galaxy. We find a ring of shocked emission traced by an enhanced [O-I]/H alpha ratio surrounding the starburst and at the end of the outflow. Finally we detect nitrogen enriched gas associated with the outflow, likely caused by the WR stars in the massive star clusters. Conclusions. Photoionization dominates the central starburst and sets the ionization structure of the entire halo, resulting in a density bounded halo, facilitating the escape of LyC photons. Outside the central starburst, shocks triggered by an expanding super bubble become important. The shocks at the end of the outflow suggest interaction between the hot outflowing material and the more quiescent halo gas.
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- Le Reste, Alexandra, 1995-, et al.
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LARS XIII : High Angular Resolution 21 cm H ı Observations of Lyα Emitting Galaxies
- 2022
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - : American Astronomical Society. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 934:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Lyα emission line is one of the main observables of galaxies at high redshift, but its output depends strongly on the neutral gas distribution and kinematics around the star-forming regions where UV photons are produced. We present observations of Lyα and 21 cm H ı emission at comparable scales with the goal to qualitatively investigate how the neutral interstellar medium (ISM) properties impact Lyα transfer in galaxies. We have observed 21 cm H ı at the highest possible angular resolution (≈3'' beam) with the Very Large Array in two local galaxies from the Lyman Alpha Reference Sample. We compare these data with Hubble Space Telescope Lyα imaging and spectroscopy, and Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer and Potsdam MultiAperture Spectrophotometer ionized gas observations. In LARS08, high-intensity Lyα emission is cospatial with high column density H ı where the dust content is the lowest. The Lyα line is strongly redshifted, consistent with a velocity redistribution that allows Lyα escape from a high column density neutral medium with a low dust content. In eLARS01, high-intensity Lyα emission is located in regions of low column density H ı, below the H ı data sensitivity limit ( < 2 × 1020 cm−2). The perturbed ISM distribution with low column density gas in front of the Lyα emission region plays an important role in the escape. In both galaxies, the faint Lyα emission (∼1×10−16 erg s−1cm−2 arcsec−2) traces intermediate Hα emission regions where H ı is found, regardless of the dust content. Dust seems to modulate, but not prevent, the formation of a faint Lyα halo. This study suggests the existence of scaling relations between dust, Hα, H ı, and Lyα emission in galaxies.
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- Menacho, Veronica, et al.
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Ionized gas properties of the extreme starburst galaxy Haro 11 - temperature and metal abundance discrepancies
- 2021
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 506:2, s. 1777-1800
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We use high quality VLT/MUSE data to study the kinematics and the ionized gas properties of Haro 11, a well-known starburst merger system and the closest confirmed Lyman continuum leaking galaxy. We present results from integrated line maps, and from maps in three velocity bins comprising the blueshifted, systemic, and redshifted emission. The kinematic analysis reveals complex velocities resulting from the interplay of virial motions and momentum feedback. Star formation happens intensively in three compact knots (knots A, B, and C), but one, knot C, dominates the energy released in supernovae. The halo is characterized by low gas density and extinction, but with large temperature variations, coincident with fast shock regions. Moreover, we find large temperature discrepancies in knot C, when using different temperature-sensitive lines. The relative impact of the knots in the metal enrichment differs. While knot B is strongly enriching its closest surrounding, knot C is likely the main distributor of metals in the halo. In knot A, part of the metal enriched gas seems to escape through low density channels towards the south. We compare the metallicities from two methods and find large discrepancies in knot C, a shocked area, and the highly ionized zones, that we partially attribute to the effect of shocks. This work shows, that traditional relations developed from averaged measurements or simplified methods, fail to probe the diverse conditions of the gas in extreme environments. We need robust relations that include realistic models where several physical processes are simultaneously at work.
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- Menacho, Veronica, et al.
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The impact of stellar feedback from velocity-dependent ionized gas maps - a MUSE view of Haro 11
- 2019
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 487:3, s. 3183-3198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have used the capability of the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument to explore the impact of stellar feedback at large scales in Haro 11, a galaxy under extreme starburst condition and one of the first galaxies where Lyman continuum (LyC) has been detected. Using H alpha, [O III] lambda 5007, and [O I]) lambda 6300 emission lines from deep MUSE observations, we have constructed a sequence of velocity-dependent maps of the H alpha emission, the state of the ionized gas, and a tracer of fast shocks. These allowed us to investigate the ionization structure of the galaxy in 50 km s(-1) bins over a velocity range of -400 to 350 km s(-1). The ionized gas in Haro 11 is assembled by a rich arrangement of structures, such as superbubbles, filaments, arcs, and galactic ionized channels, whose appearances change drastically with velocity. The central star-forming knots and the star-forming dusty arm are the main engines that power the strong mechanical feedback in this galaxy, although with different impact on the ionization structure. Haro 11 appears to leak LyC radiation in many directions. We found evidence of a kpc-scale fragmented superbubble that may have cleared galactic scale channels in the ISM. Additionally, the Southwestern hemisphere is highly ionized in all velocities, hinting at a density hound scenario. A compact kpc-scale structure of lowly ionized gas coincides with the diffuse Ly alpha emission and the presence of fast shocks. Finally, we find evidence that a significant fraction of the ionized gas mass may escape the gravitational potential of the galaxy.
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- Menacho, Veronica, 1983-
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The violent ISM in Haro 11
- 2018
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis introduces briefly physical processes operating in the ISM around massive starsand focuses on the impact strong stellar feedback has in creating large-scale structures in a galaxy.Stellar feedback is ubiquitous in star forming galaxies and its effect on the ISM depends strongly on the energy output from the most massive stars (M$\geq$7 \Mo ) and the properties of the surrounding gas. Starburst galaxies are among the most active in producing %galaxies are among the most active galaxies and produce a large amount of massive star clusters %or even super star clusters (SSC; M$_{cl} \geq 10^5$ \Mo ), with stellar populations up to thousands of massive stars. %The most massive stars (M$\geq$30 \Mo ) are lives short, but they In the first 4 Myr of the star clusters evolution, radiative feedback of the most massive stars (M$\geq$30 \Mo ) are at work. Large amount of ionizing photons are released to the ambient medium while radiative pressure compress the surrounding gas. At the same time their stellar winds inject continuously mechanical energy and momentum in their surrounding. This mechanical feedback is then at later ages, until $\sim$ 40 Myrs, maintained by supernova explosions from the less massive stars.Strong stellar feedback tends to develop large-scale structures such as bubbles, loops, filaments and outflows. These are transient structures and can be seen as imprints of how the released energy is clearing or has cleared paths in the ISM. Strong stellar feedback can have devastating consequences in dwarf galaxies due to their shallow gravitational potential. It can accelerate outflows with velocities larger than their escape velocities. In this way, dwarf galaxies can lose a large fraction of their gas mass, which will be crucial in their subsequent evolution.On the other hand, galactic winds might be responsible to create holes in the ISM, allowing the easily-absorbed ionizing photons (Lyman continuum photons, LyC) to escape the galaxy. Studies on a few LyC leaking galaxies have shown that this mechanisms might have preference from a density-bound scenario, which takes place in galaxies with a highly ionized halo.In my paper I used deep MUSE observations to analyse the impact strong stellar feedback has in the starburst and Lyman continuum emitting galaxy: Haro 11. The paper presents three emission line diagnostics aiming to analyse the condition of the warm ionized gas in this galaxy, which are the \Ha\ emission, the level of ionization in gas and the presence of fast shocks. These diagnostics are presented in maps of 50 \kms\ bins in a velocity range from -400 to 350 \kms . Haro 11 shows a violent ISM whose warm ionized gas is almost completely shaped by effect of stellar feedback from the most massive star forming regions in the centre. Arcs, shells, outflows paths and galactic scale ionizing cones are imprinted in ISM of Haro 11. Our analysis suggests the presence of a kpc-scale superbubble which might have created galactic holes in the ISM. Beside of that, Haro 11 shows a highly ionized halo. Both mechanisms appear to facilitate the escape of LyC in this galaxy. %Finally, we observe emission at velocities up to thousand \kms\ which could hints to gas escaping the galaxy. Finally the paper presents estimates of the gas mass fraction that could escape the gravitational potential of the galaxy.
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- Puschnig, Johannes, et al.
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The Lyman continuum escape and ISM properties in Tololo 1247-232-new insights from HST and VLA
- 2017
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 469:3, s. 3252-3269
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Low- and intermediate-mass galaxies are widely discussed as cause of reionization at redshift z similar to 10-6. However, observational proof of galaxies that are leaking ionizing radiation (Lyman continuum; LyC) is a currently ongoing challenge and the list of LyC emitting candidates is still short. Tololo 1247-232 is among those very few galaxies with recently reported leakage. We performed intermediate resolution ultraviolet spectroscopy with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the Hubble Space Telescope and confirm ionizing radiation emerging from Tololo 1247-232. Adopting an improved data reduction procedure, we find that LyC escapes from the central stellar clusters, with an escape fraction of 1.5 +/- 0.5 per cent only, i.e. the lowest value reported for the galaxy so far. We further make use of far-ultraviolet absorption lines of Si II and Si IV as a probe of the neutral and ionized interstellar medium ( ISM). We find that most of the ISM gas is ionized, likely facilitating LyC escape from density bounded regions. Neutral gas covering as a function of line-of-sight velocity is derived using the apparent optical depth method. The ISM is found to be sufficiently clumpy, supporting the direct escape of LyC photons. We further report on broad-band UV and optical continuum imaging as well as narrow-band imaging of Lya, Ha and H beta. Using stellar population synthesis, an Lya escape fraction of 8 per cent was derived. We also performed Very Large Array 21cm imaging. The hydrogen hyperfine transition was not detected, but a deep upper limit atomic gas mass of less than or similar to 10(9) M-circle dot could be derived. The upper limit gas fraction defined as M-HI/M-* is only 20 per cent. Evidence is found that the HI gas halo is relatively small compared to the Lyman Alpha Reference Sample (Hayes et al. 2013, 2014; Ostlin et al. 2014).
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- Puschnig, Johannes, 1980-, et al.
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Unveiling the gravitationally unstable disc of a massive star-forming galaxy using NOEMA and MUSE
- 2023
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 524:3, s. 3913-3929
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using new high-resolution data of CO (2–1), Hα and Hβ obtained with the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) and the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope, we have performed a Toomre Q disc stability analysis and studied star formation, gas depletion times and other environmental parameters on sub-kpc scales within the z ∼ 0 galaxy SDSS J125013.84+073444.5 (LARS 8). The galaxy hosts a massive, clumpy disc and is a proto-typical analogue of main-sequence galaxies at z ∼ 1 − 2. We show that the massive (molecular) clumps in LARS 8 are the result of an extremely gravitationally unstable gas disc, with large scale instabilities found across the whole extent of the rotating disc, with only the innermost 500 pc being stabilized by its bulge-like structure. The radial profiles further reveal that – contrary to typical disc galaxies – the molecular gas depletion time decreases from more than 1 Gyr in the centre to less than ∼100 Myr in the outskirts of the disc, supporting the findings of a Toomre-unstable disc. We further identified and analysed 12 individual massive molecular clumps. They are virialized and follow the mass–size relation, indicating that on local (cloud/clump) scales the stars form with efficiencies comparable to those in Milky Way clouds. The observed high star formation rate must thus be the result of triggering of cloud/clump formation over large scales due to disc instability. Our study provides evidence that ‘in-situ’ massive clump formation (as also observed at high redshifts) is very efficiently induced by large-scale instabilities.
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- Puschnig, Johannes, et al.
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Unveiling the gravitationally unstable disk of a massive star-forming galaxy using NOEMA and MUSE
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Using new high-resolution data of CO (2–1), Hα and Hβ obtained with the Northern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) and the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) at the Very Large Telescope, we have performed a Toomre Q disc stability analysis and studied star formation, gas depletion times and other environmental parameters on sub-kpc scales within the z∼0 galaxy SDSS J125013.84+073444.5 (LARS 8). The galaxy hosts a massive, clumpy disc and is a proto-typical analogue ofmain-sequence (MS) galaxies at z∼1-2. We show that the massive (molecular) clumps in LARS 8 are the result of an extremely Toomre-unstable gas disc, with large scale in-stabilities found across the whole extent of the rotating disc, with only the innermost 500 pc being stabilized by its bulgelike structure. The radial profiles further reveal that – contrary to typical disc galaxies – the molecular gas depletion time decreases from more than 1 Gyr in the center to less than ∼100 Myr in the outskirts of the disc, supporting the findings of a Toomre-unstable disc. We further identified and analysed 12 individual massive molecular clumps. They are virialized and follow the mass-size relation, indicating that on local (cloud/clump) scales the stars form with efficiencies comparable to those in Milky Way clouds. The observed high star formation rate must thus be the result of triggering of cloud/clump formation over large scales due to disc instability. Our study thus provides evidence that the massive clumps observed in high-z disc galaxies form “in-situ” from large-scale instabilities.
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- Sirressi, Mattia, et al.
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Haro 11-Untying the knots of the nuclear starburst
- 2022
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Ingår i: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0035-8711 .- 1365-2966. ; 510:4, s. 4819-4836
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Star formation is a clustered process that regulates the structure and evolution of galaxies. We investigate this process in the dwarf galaxy Haro 11, forming stars in three knots (A, B, and C). The exquisite resolution of HST imaging allows us to resolve the starburst into tens of bright star clusters. We derive masses between 105 and 107 M and ages younger than 20 Myr, using photometric modelling. We observe that the clustered star formation has propagated from knot C (the oldest) through knot A (in between) towards knot B (the youngest). We use aperture-matched ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy (HST + MUSE) to independently study the stellar populations of Haro 11 and determine the physical properties of the stellar populations and their feedback in 1-kpc diameter regions. We discuss these results in light of the properties of the ionized gas within the knots. We interpret the broad blue-shifted components of the optical emission lines as outflowing gas (vmax ∼ 400 km/s). The strongest outflow is detected in knot A with a mass rate of M˙ out ∼ 10 M/yr, 10 times higher than the star formation in the same region. Knot B hosts a young and not fully developed outflow, whereas knot C has likely been already evacuated. Because Haro 11 has properties similar to high-redshift unresolved galaxies, our work can additionally aid the understanding of star formation at high redshift, a window that will be opened by upcoming facilities.
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- Östlin, Göran, et al.
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The Source of Leaking Ionizing Photons from Haro11 : Clues from HST/COS Spectroscopy of Knots A, B, and C
- 2021
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - : American Astronomical Society. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 912:2
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Understanding the escape of ionizing (Lyman continuum) photons from galaxies is vital for determining how galaxies contributed to reionization in the early universe. While directly detecting the Lyman continuum from high-redshift galaxies is impossible due to the intergalactic medium, low-redshift galaxies in principle offer this possibility but require observations from space. The first local galaxy for which Lyman continuum escape was found is Haro 11, a luminous blue compact galaxy at z = 0.02, where observations with the FUSE satellite revealed an escape fraction of 3.3%. However, the FUSE aperture covers the entire galaxy, and it is not clear from where the Lyman continuum is leaking out. Here we utilize Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph spectroscopy in the wavelength range 1100-1700 angstrom of the three knots (A, B, and C) of Haro 11 to study the presence of Ly alpha emission and the properties of intervening gas. We find that all knots have bright Ly alpha emission. UV absorption lines, originating in the neutral interstellar medium, as well as lines probing the ionized medium, are seen extending to blueshifted velocities of 500 km s(-1) in all three knots, demonstrating the presence of an outflowing multiphase medium. We find that knots A and B have large covering fractions of neutral gas, making LyC escape along these sightlines improbable, while knot C has a much lower covering fraction (less than or similar to 50%). Knot C also has the the highest Ly alpha escape fraction, and we conclude that it is the most likely source of the escaping Lyman continuum detected in Haro 11.
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