Journal article
Simulating the UV escape fractions from molecular cloud populations in star-forming dwarf and spiral galaxies
Abstract
The escape of ultraviolet photons from the densest regions of the interstellar medium (ISM) – giant molecular clouds (GMCs) – is a poorly constrained parameter which is vital to understanding the ionization of the ISM and the intergalactic medium. We characterize the escape fraction, fesc,GMC, from a suite of individual GMC simulations with masses in the range 104–6 M⊙ using the adaptive-mesh refinement code flash. We find significantly …
Authors
Howard CS; Pudritz RE; Harris WE; Klessen RS
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 475, No. 3, pp. 3121–3134
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 11, 2018
DOI
10.1093/mnras/stx3276
ISSN
0035-8711