Astro2020: Hot Drivers of Stellar Feedback from 10 to 10,000 pc
arXiv:1903.09692
Abstract
Stellar feedback -- stars regulating further star formation through the injection of energy and momentum into the interstellar medium -- operates through a complex set of processes that originate in star clusters but shape entire galaxies. A mature theory of stellar feedback is essential to a complete theory of star and galaxy formation, but the energy and momentum injected by hot gas into its surroundings remains unclear. With a next-generation X-ray observatory, breakthrough progress can be made through precision measurements of the temperature, density, velocity, and abundances of hot gas on scales of star clusters to galactic superwinds.
arXiv commentwhite paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey
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