Exploring the Dust Content of Galactic Winds with MIPS

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This program explores the dust content of galactic winds. Nearly half of all stars in the universe probably form in a starburst event, where high concentrations of supernova explosions drive galactic-scale gaseous outflows. In nearby starburst galaxies, winds have been mapped at radio, optical, and X-ray frequencies revealing bipolar lobes of hot gas laced with cooler filaments bubbling out of the host galaxy. Most of the outflowing material is entrained interstellar gas, so it will remain quite dusty unless the grains are destroyed. Dusty winds have significant implications for the circulation of heavy elements in galaxies, the dust content of the intergalactic medium, and the acceleration of gaseous outflows. GALEX images of scattered ultraviolet light from galactic winds now provide compelling evidence for the survival of some grains. MIPS photometry of starburst winds at 24, 70, and 160 microns can, in principle, measure the dust temperature providing accurate estimates of the amount of dust (e.g. Engelbracht et al. 2004). To date, however, most MIPS observations of starburst galaxies are far too shallow to detect thermal emission from halo dust. The requested observations would provide the most sensitive observations currently possible for a sample of starburst galaxies, selected to span the full range of starburst luminosity and spatial geometry in the local universe.

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