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Description
Galactic winds, often driven by intense star formation or AGN activity, are particularly significant in the context of galactic feedback, being active agents of the baryonic cycle of the galaxy, mainly by redistributing gas, dust, and metals both within the galaxy and in the intergalactic medium (IGM). These winds may also influence the star formation of their host galaxies, acting either as a suppressed (negative feedback) or enhanced (positive feedback) mechanism.
In this talk, I will present the results of analysing optical integral field spectroscopy data for 38 local, predominantly late-type galaxies from the MEGADES survey. Through a multi-component emission-line fitting, we extracted a subsample of galaxies hosting galactic outflows, and studied their incidence, possible driving mechanisms and the impact on their host galaxies.
