On the Energy Required to Eject Processed Matter from Galaxies

Details On the Energy Required to Eject Processed Matter from Galaxies On the Energy Required to Eject Processed Matter from Galaxies

2001-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101317v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/320455

We evaluate the minimum energy input rate that starbursts require for expelling their newly processed matter from their host galaxies. Special attention is given to the pressure caused by the environment in which a galaxy is situated, as well as to the intrinsic rotation of the gaseous component. We account for these factors and for a massive dark matter distribution, and develop a self-consistent solution for the interstellar matter gas distribution. Our results are in excellent agreement with the results of Mac Low & Ferrara (1999) for galaxies with a flattened disk-like ISM density distribution and a low intergalactic gas pressure ($P_{IGM}/k$ $\leq $ 1 cm$^{-3}$ K). However, our solution also requires a much larger energy input rate threshold when one takes into consideration both a larger intergalactic pressure and the possible existence of a low-density, non-rotating, extended gaseous halo component.

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