RECOMMENDED READING

Here are some classic papers that graduate students will want to read and study.

First, these papers explain how pressure-driven bubbles heated by supernovae grow and develop into free-streaming winds.

1. Interstellar bubbles. II - Structure and evolution
Weaver, R. et al 1977 ApJ 218, 277

2. Superbubble blowout dynamics
MacLow, M.-M. et al 1989 ApJ 337 141

3. Wind from a starburst galaxy nucleus
Chevalier & Clegg 1985 Nat 317, 44

The following paper laid down strong empirical evidence that such outflows exist.

4. On the nature and implications of starburst-driven galactic superwinds
Heckman et al. 1990 ApJS 74 833

And, on the more technical side, here is a description of the caveats inherent to measuring wind properties using absorption lines.

5. Outflows in Infrared-Luminous Starbursts at z < 0.5. I. Sample, Na I D Spectra, and Profile Fitting1,
Rupke, D. et 2005 ApJS 160 87


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