Multiphase outflows in post-starburst E+A galaxies – I. General sample properties and the prevalence of obscured starbursts

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 509; no. 3
• Main Authors: Baron, Dalya, Netzer, Hagai, Lutz, Dieter, Prochaska, J. Xavier, Davies, Ric I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 27.11.2021
• Subjects: Astronomy & Astrophysics

ABSTRACT E+A galaxies are believed to be a short phase connecting major merger ultraluminous infrared galaxies (ULIRGs) with red and dead elliptical galaxies. Their optical spectrum suggests a massive starburst that was quenched abruptly, and their bulge-dominated morphologies with tidal tails sugge...