= Absorption-Line Probes of Gas and Dust in Galactic Superwinds by Timothy M. Heckman and others
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{title2=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 129, 493–516}
The primary survey compares interstellar sodium absorption with galaxy systemic velocities in infrared-bright starbursts. Blueshifts and a viewing-angle dependence support a minor-axis outflow interpretation. Saturation, <ionization> and geometry limit conversion of the absorption into total mass-loss rates.
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0002526
https://doi.org/10.1086/313421
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