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EAS Publications Series
Volume 51, 2011
Star Formation in the Local Universe – EES2010
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| Page(s) | 299 - 310 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1151015 | |
| Published online | 16 November 2011 | |
C. Charbonnel and T. Montmerle (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 51 (2011) 299–310
Galactic and extragalactic hot bubbles: Feedback from massive stars
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, 98bis, Bd. Arago, 75014 Paris, France
We briefly review the feedback effects of massive stars, via their stellar winds and supernova explosions, on the star-forming regions in which they were born. We give a few examples, spanning a wide range of spatial scales, from ∼100 pc out to ∼10 kpc: the so-called “Local Bubble” (in reality an open bipolar structure extending on both sides of the galactic disk); the Extended Orion Nebula and its open cavity filled with a hot, MK outflowing plasma; the Great Carina Nebula and its extended diffuse X-ray emission; the 30 Dor region in the LMC and its various bubbles; and the extended, bipolar outflow of the prototype starburst galaxy M 82, influenced by a nearby group of galaxies. We conclude by stressing the similarity of these phenomena across all spatial scales, galactic and extragalactic.
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2011