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Article Contents
- ABSTRACT
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 2.THE BASIC PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS OF
SUPERWINDS
- 2.1.Momentum & Energy Input in Starbursts
- 2.2.Simple Models of Superwind Hydrodynamics and
Radiation
- 2.3.Conditions for Driving Superwinds
- 2.4.The Effect of Clouds
- 3.OBSERVATIONAL DIAGNOSTICS OF SUPERWINDS
- 3.1.X-Ray Observations of Superwinds
- 3.2.Optical Line Emission from Superwinds
- 3.2.1.Structure and
Luminosity
- 3.2.2.Kinematics and Dynamics
- 3.2.3.Emission-Line Ratios and the Ionization
Source
- 3.2.4.Densities and Pressures as Diagnostics
- 3.2.5.The Role of Scattering
- 3.3.The Relativistic Plasma Associated with
Superwinds
- 3.4.The Cool Gas Associated with Superwinds
- 4.THE COOL GAS ASSOCIATED WITH
SUPERWINDS
- 5.IMPLICATIONS OF SUPERWINDS
- 5.1.Heating & Enriching the IGM
- 5.2.Galaxy Formation & Evolution
- 5.3.QSO Absorption Lines
- 5.4.The X-RAY Background
- 5.5.The Disk-Halo Connection
- 5.6.The Starburst-AGN Connection & Ultraluminous
Galaxies
- 6. SUMMARY
- REFERENCES