A Comparison of Outflow Properties in AGN Dwarfs vs. Star Forming Dwarfs
arXiv:2304.04737 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acca7c
Abstract
Feedback likely plays a crucial role in resolving discrepancies between observed and theoretical predictions of dwarf galaxy properties. Stellar feedback was once believed to be sufficient to explain these discrepancies, but it has thus far failed to fully reconcile theory and observations. The recent discovery of energetic galaxy-wide outflows in dwarf galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) suggests that AGN feedback may have a larger role in the evolution of dwarf galaxies than previously suspected. In order to assess the relative importance of stellar versus AGN feedback in these galaxies, we perform a detailed Keck/KCWI optical integral field spectroscopic study of a sample of low-redshift star-forming (SF) dwarf galaxies that show outflows in ionized gas in their SDSS spectra. We characterize the outflows and compare them to observations of AGN-driven outflows in dwarfs. We find that SF dwarfs have outflow components that have comparable widths (W) to those of outflows in AGN dwarfs, but are much less blue-shifted, indicating that SF dwarfs have significantly slower outflows than their AGN counterparts. The outflows in SF dwarfs are spatially resolved and significantly more extended than those in AGN dwarfs. The mass loss rates, momentum and energy rates of SF-driven outflows are much lower than those of AGN-driven outflows. Our results indicate that AGN feedback in the form of gas outflows may play an important role in dwarf galaxies and should be considered along with SF feedback in models of dwarf galaxy evolution.
27 pages, 25 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
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