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2006AJ....132.2496K - Astron. J., 132, 2496-2506 (2006/December-0)

Discovery of a metal-line absorber associated with a local dwarf starburst galaxy.

KEENEY B.A., STOCKE J.T., ROSENBERG J.L., TUMLINSON J. and YORK D.G.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present optical and near-infrared images, H I 21 cm emission maps, optical spectroscopy, and Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph ultraviolet spectroscopy of the QSO/galaxy pair SBS 1122+594/IC 691. The QSO sight line lies at a position angle of 27° from the minor axis of the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy IC 691 (czgal=1204±3 km/s, LB∼0.09L*, current star formation rate=0.08-0.24 h–270M☉/yr) and 33 h–170 kpc (6'.6) from its nucleus. We find that IC 691 has an H I mass of M_HI_=(3.6±0.1)x108 M☉ and a dynamical mass of Mdyn=(3.1±0.5)x1010 h–170M☉. The UV spectrum of SBS 1122+594 shows a metal-line (Lyα+C IV) absorber near the redshift of IC 691 at czabs=1110±30 km/s. Since IC 691 is a dwarf starburst and the SBS 1122+594 sight line lies in the expected location for an outflowing wind, we propose that the best model for producing this metal-line absorber is a starburst wind from IC 691. We place consistent metallicity limits on IC 691 ([Z/Z☉]~-0.7) and the metal-line absorber ([Z/Z☉]←0.3). We also find that the galaxy's escape velocity at the absorber location is vesc=80±10 km/s and derive a wind velocity of vw=160±50 km/s. Thus, the evidence suggests that IC 691 produces an unbound starburst wind that escapes from its gravitational potential to transport metals and energy to the surrounding intergalactic medium.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Dwarf - galaxies: individual (IC 691) - Galaxies: Starburst - Galaxies: Quasars: Absorption Lines - quasars: individual (SBS 1122+594)

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