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Galactic Flows --- “Feedback”. An observational revolution over past 5-10 years (CXO, XMM, FUSE, HST, SDSS, GALEX, VLA, GBT, Arecibo, Dwingeloo/Parkes(!)). This has become a data-driven subject! Many disparate observations, approaches connecting into common physical picture
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Galactic Flows --- “Feedback” • An observational revolution over past 5-10 years (CXO, XMM, FUSE, HST, SDSS, GALEX, VLA, GBT, Arecibo, Dwingeloo/Parkes(!)). This has become a data-driven subject! • Many disparate observations, approaches connecting into common physical picture • Feedback cycle is extremely complex (the SFR-feedback cycle even more so). But characterizing flows and feedback alone will enable enormous theoretical progress in galaxy evolution modeling
Lynden-Bell 1977, in Star Formation, IAU Symposium 75, Ed. T. de Jong, A. Maeder, p291 (Happy 70th Donald!!)
+ Tully-Fisher + Fundamental Plane, etc “…and besides, there is a Hubble sequence after all…” Sarah Tuttle, Columbia U. Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Some Questions • Is feedback linear? • Are there identifiable scaling laws? Constraints on the efficiency factor e?? • Can we derive hard numbers for the global rates of mass inflow, mass loss, metal loss, energy loss? Are these consistent with ICM/IGM constraints? • Are the effects of AGN vs star formation feedback separable? • Is feedback negative or positive (stabilizing vs disruptive)? Are large-scale star formation and feedback parts of the same problem?
Outflows, Feedback in Starbursts (Heckman, Strickland), Rupke, Martin, Bomans, Cannon, Gilbert, Heesen, Skillman, Thompson • New observations have revolutionized subject • “smoking guns” of mass loss, metal loss, mass loading • first hard numbers on mass, metal, energy, momentum injection rates • observational validation of Dekel-Silk-(Wyse) picture • first hints of scaling laws (wind mass/velocity vs SFR, vcirc, etc) Kennicutt et al., in preparation
SDSS Post-Starburst (K+A) Galaxies C. Tremonti, in preparation
Outflows, Feedback in Starbursts (Strickland), Rupke, Martin, Bomans, Cannon, Gilbert, Heesen, Skillman, Thompson • New observations have revolutionized subject • “smoking guns” of mass loss, metal loss, mass loading • first hard numbers on mass, metal, energy, momentum injection rates • observational validation of Dekel-Silk-(Wyse) picture • first hints of scaling laws (wind mass/velocity vs SFR, vcirc, etc) Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Outflows, Feedback in “Normal” GalaxiesDettmar, Wang, Natarajan, Hoopes, Wyse, Tripp, Bowen, Kauffmann, Schiminovich, van Eymeren • Observations revolutionized subject (CXO, XMM, FUSE, STIS (w/ absorbers), SDSS • Don’t forget Spitzer!! • Outflows to halo, but many observations indicate gas escape minimal • Ionizing photon escape may be more important (Fox) • Another instance of negative feedback cycle? NGC 3556, CXO+opt (Wang) Kennicutt et al., in preparation
NGC 4594 (DSS) Bendo et al., in prep
NGC 4594(24 mm) see Bendo et al., Poster 45
NGC 6946 24 mm
NGC 6946 8 mm
M81 = NGC 3031 3.6/8.0/24 mm
Outflows, Feedback in “Normal” GalaxiesDettmar, Wang, Natarajan, Hoopes, Wyse, Tripp, Bowen, Kauffmann, Schiminovich, van Eymeren • Observations revolutionized by CXO, XMM, FUSE, STIS (w/ QSO absorbers) • Don’t forget Spitzer!! • Outflows to halo, but many observations indicate gas escape minimal • Ionizing photon escape may be more important (Fox) • Another instance of negative feedback cycle? NGC 3556, CXO+opt (Wang) Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Lee & Kennicutt, in preparation
Local Gas Flows (esp. inflows)Lockman, Putman, Fox, Madsen, Pidopryhora, Williams • Enormous progress again, this time from combination of HI, FUSE, STIS, Ha surveys • Galactic HVC (+ normal cloud) population being characterized (covering factors, abundances, ionization, masses) -- distances still a limiting factor • Hard(er) numbers on Galactic inflow rate • Integrated picture emerging (Magellanic, Sag streams, HVCs, M31/M33)
Theoretical Modeling of Flows, Feedback Strickland, Begelman, Mathews, Donahue • Models, simulations are providing framework for interpreting new data, characterizing flows, feedback (vs ab initio predictions???) • Theory reveals several parameters of SF are important total SFR, SSFR, duration, metallicity, IMF, clustering (Gilbert) • See recent papers by Li & MacLow (disks) and Hernquist et al. (BH/SF feedback in mergers) Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Scaling Relations Melnick, Terlevich, Moles 1988, MNRAS, 235, 297
30 Dor Chu & Kennicutt 1994, ApJ, 425, 720
11Mpc Sample + HaGS + Goldmine Virgo Sample (James et al. 2003; Gavazzi et al. 2003)
IR-luminous circumnuclear BCGs, ELGs starburst fraction ~10-20% Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Clusters, Groups, & AGN Feedback Begelman, Kriss, Forman, Mathews, Donahue, Machacek, Chartas, Chelouche, Gibson, Jahnke, Linder, Nath, Scott, Sun, Xanthaopoulos • Breakthrough in diagnostics (CXO, XMM) • Cooling flow problem solved?? • ICM provides sink for outflow energy, traces energetics and history of feedback • (nearly) closed system provides robust tests of metal flows • Self-regulated ICM+SFR+AGN feedback cycle??
Environment: Clusters, Interactions Hibbard, Kenney, Schiminovich, Crowl, Levy, (Begelman) • Yet another observational breakthrough, esp. from HI, X-rays; more coming from SDSS, GALEX, Ha surveys • Smoking guns of all(?) relevant processes • ram pressure stripping, harrassment, viscous stripping, tidal stripping, infall,pressure/shock induced SF,tidal dwarf formation? • Feedback in mergers, major progress in modeling • See new papers by Di Matteo, Springel, Hernquist, Hopkins… on BH/SF feedback in mergers (Di Matteo et al. 2005, Nature 433, 604 Springel et al. 2005, ApJ, 620, L79)
Chemical Evolution, Implications(Wyse, Tosi, Martin, Pipino, Matteucci) • Revolution here from 8-10m telescopes (esp. VLT) • Major advances in resolved stellar abundances, X-ray abundances ([Fe/H, [a/Fe]) • Multiple observational constraints (e.g., gradients, eff yields, M-Z relations, IGM abundances, SN rates…) • Chemical constraints now integrated with predictions from outflow/infall models Kennicutt et al., in preparation
The Cosmological Context(Kauffmann, Sembach, (Putman) • Robust statistics on global phenomena from SDSS, NVSS, FIRST, Spitzer, etc • Relative roles of AGN vs SF feedback becoming clarified • AGN/SF connection may be intimate • Integration of local phenomena studied here with cosmic web remains for future • Understanding of full feedback loop (back to SF) still primitive Kennicutt et al., in preparation
Lessons, and a Look Ahead • We are cracking the problem! Observations are characterizing the phenomena– theory is offering clues to the key physical mechanisms. • Multi-wavelength observations are critical! Make sure the critical observations are in hand before we lose FUSE, Spitzer, Chandra, XMM, HST (but more to come with Astro-2E, ALMA, LSST (COS?, BSP/HOP/ GEP/ HORUS??…) • Better ISM/gastrophysics theory essential. Don’t forget the importance of local scales, esp. for the other half of the SFR – feedback cycle. • Space UV/visible and X-ray observations are critical to completing the story, esp. connections to the IGM and the cosmological context. Build and advertise the science case, be creative with missions, lobby like hell.