The Gaseous Blowout of the 30 Doradus Starburst Region in the LMC
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| author | Poudel, Suraj Horton, April Vazquez, Jo Barger, Kathleen A. Cashman, Frances H. Fox, Andrew J. Lehner, Nicolas Lucchini, Scott Krishnarao, Dhanesh McClure-Griffiths, N. M. D'Onghia, Elena Tumlinson, Jason Tuli, Ananya Goon Sdun, Lauren Gebhart, Stone Anthony, Katherine Cole, Bryce van Loon, Jacco Th. Roman-Duval, Julia Ma, Yik Ki Lynn, Callum Lee, Min-Young Leahy, Denis |
| author_facet | Poudel, Suraj Horton, April Vazquez, Jo Barger, Kathleen A. Cashman, Frances H. Fox, Andrew J. Lehner, Nicolas Lucchini, Scott Krishnarao, Dhanesh McClure-Griffiths, N. M. D'Onghia, Elena Tumlinson, Jason Tuli, Ananya Goon Sdun, Lauren Gebhart, Stone Anthony, Katherine Cole, Bryce van Loon, Jacco Th. Roman-Duval, Julia Ma, Yik Ki Lynn, Callum Lee, Min-Young Leahy, Denis |
| contents | Widespread galactic winds emanate from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with the 30 Doradus starburst region generating the fastest and most concentrated gas flows. We report on the gas distribution, kinematics, and ionization conditions of the near-side outflow along 8 down-the-barrel sightlines using UV absorption-line observations from the HST's ULLYSES program for this region along with H I 21-cm observations from the GASS and GASKAP surveys. We find that within 1.7 degrees from the center of 30 Doradus, the wind reaches maximum speeds of $100-150\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$ from the LMC's disk. The total integrated column densities of low-ions (O I, Si II, and Fe II) in the blueshifted wind, up to $v_{\rm LSR}=150\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$, are highest near the center and decline radially outward. We estimate an outflow mass of $M_{\rm outflow,\,Si II}\approx(5.7-8.6)\,\times 10^{5} M_{\odot}$, outflow rate of $\dot{M}_{\rm outflow}\gtrsim0.02 M_{\odot}\,\text{yr}^{-1}$, and mass loading factor of $η\gtrsim0.10$ within 0.52 degrees from the center of 30 Doradus. The observed ion ratios$-$together with photoionization modeling$-$reveal that this wind is roughly $40-97\%$ photoionized. The metallicities and dust depletion patterns of the high-velocity absorbers at $v_{\rm LSR}\approx+120\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$ can be explained by either a foreground Milky Way (MW) halo cloud or an outflow from the LMC. For the high-ions, Si IV and C IV are broader and kinematically offset from the low-ions, suggesting turbulent mixing layers (TMLs) existing in the wind. Finally, our hydrodynamical simulations of the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and MW system suggest that the Magellanic Corona can protect the LMC winds from the ram-pressure forces exerted by the MW's halo. |
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| spellingShingle | The Gaseous Blowout of the 30 Doradus Starburst Region in the LMC Poudel, Suraj Horton, April Vazquez, Jo Barger, Kathleen A. Cashman, Frances H. Fox, Andrew J. Lehner, Nicolas Lucchini, Scott Krishnarao, Dhanesh McClure-Griffiths, N. M. D'Onghia, Elena Tumlinson, Jason Tuli, Ananya Goon Sdun, Lauren Gebhart, Stone Anthony, Katherine Cole, Bryce van Loon, Jacco Th. Roman-Duval, Julia Ma, Yik Ki Lynn, Callum Lee, Min-Young Leahy, Denis Astrophysics of Galaxies Widespread galactic winds emanate from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), with the 30 Doradus starburst region generating the fastest and most concentrated gas flows. We report on the gas distribution, kinematics, and ionization conditions of the near-side outflow along 8 down-the-barrel sightlines using UV absorption-line observations from the HST's ULLYSES program for this region along with H I 21-cm observations from the GASS and GASKAP surveys. We find that within 1.7 degrees from the center of 30 Doradus, the wind reaches maximum speeds of $100-150\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$ from the LMC's disk. The total integrated column densities of low-ions (O I, Si II, and Fe II) in the blueshifted wind, up to $v_{\rm LSR}=150\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$, are highest near the center and decline radially outward. We estimate an outflow mass of $M_{\rm outflow,\,Si II}\approx(5.7-8.6)\,\times 10^{5} M_{\odot}$, outflow rate of $\dot{M}_{\rm outflow}\gtrsim0.02 M_{\odot}\,\text{yr}^{-1}$, and mass loading factor of $η\gtrsim0.10$ within 0.52 degrees from the center of 30 Doradus. The observed ion ratios$-$together with photoionization modeling$-$reveal that this wind is roughly $40-97\%$ photoionized. The metallicities and dust depletion patterns of the high-velocity absorbers at $v_{\rm LSR}\approx+120\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$ can be explained by either a foreground Milky Way (MW) halo cloud or an outflow from the LMC. For the high-ions, Si IV and C IV are broader and kinematically offset from the low-ions, suggesting turbulent mixing layers (TMLs) existing in the wind. Finally, our hydrodynamical simulations of the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and MW system suggest that the Magellanic Corona can protect the LMC winds from the ram-pressure forces exerted by the MW's halo. |
| title | The Gaseous Blowout of the 30 Doradus Starburst Region in the LMC |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05968 |