Session
Session 2
Board Number
17
Galactic Outflow Properties in Starburst Galaxies
Galactic outflows are responsible for the mass expulsion of gas in galaxies into the medium surrounding the galaxy (the circumgalactic medium) and are common is starburst galaxies. This expelled gas is mainly hydrogen, but contains the presence of heavy elements, such as silicon, which can be used to map the gas' velocity. Through a semi-analytical method of analyzing the spectral features due to the presence of silicon, we were able to analyze the galactic outflow properties of the ultraviolet galaxies in the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Legacy Archive Spectroscopic Survey (CLASSY).