Suppression of star formation in the galaxy NGC 253 by a starburst-driven molecular wind

Alberto D. Bolatto (), Steven R. Warren, Adam K. Leroy, Fabian Walter, Sylvain Veilleux, Eve C. Ostriker, Jürgen Ott, Martin Zwaan, David B. Fisher, Axel Weiss, Erik Rosolowsky and Jacqueline Hodge
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Alberto D. Bolatto: Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, and Joint Space Institute, University of Maryland, College Park
Steven R. Warren: Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, and Joint Space Institute, University of Maryland, College Park
Adam K. Leroy: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Fabian Walter: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Sylvain Veilleux: Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, and Joint Space Institute, University of Maryland, College Park
Eve C. Ostriker: Princeton University
Jürgen Ott: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, PO Box O, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, USA
Martin Zwaan: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany
David B. Fisher: Laboratory for Millimeter-wave Astronomy, and Joint Space Institute, University of Maryland, College Park
Axel Weiss: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany
Erik Rosolowsky: University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia V1V 1V7, Canada
Jacqueline Hodge: Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7459, 450-453

Abstract: Observations of the galaxy NGC 253 show that the cool molecular wind from the central starburst region limits star-formation activity and the final stellar content.

Date: 2013
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