Name: Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Institution: American Museum of Natural History

University of Washington
Astrolunch


Title: Cosmological Feedback from Dwarf Starburst Galaxies


Abstract:
Star formation in primordial galaxies will have strong effects on the surrounding intergalactic gas, perhaps preventing it from collapsing into galaxies by heating from ionization or turbulence. We have used high-resolution, two-dimensional gas dynamical models to predict the fraction of ionizing radiation from starbursts escaping from these galaxies, and the fraction of mass, metals, and kinetic energy escaping in the blowout of supernova-driven winds.




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