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Searching in the MaNGA IFU survey, I identify 9 galaxies that have strongBalmer absorption lines and weak nebular emission lines measured from thespectra integrated over the entire IFUs. The spectral features measured fromthe bulk of the stellar light make these galaxies local analogs ofhigh-redshift spectroscopically-selected post-starburst galaxies, thus, proxiesto understand the mechanisms producing post-starburst galaxies athigh-redshifts. I present the distributions of absorption-line indices andemission-line strengths, as well as stellar kinematics of these localpost-starburst galaxies. Almost all local post-starburst galaxies have centralcompact emission-line regions at the central $<1$ kpc, mostly powered by weakstar-formation activities. The age-sensitive absorption line indicesEW(H$\delta$) and Dn4000 indicate that the stellar populations at the outskirtsare older. Toy stellar population synthesis models suggest that the entiregalaxies are experiencing a rapid decline of star formation with residualstar-formation activities at the centers. These features demand that mostpost-starburst galaxies are the aftermath of highly dissipative processes thatdrive gas into centers, invoke centrally-concentrated star formation, thenquench the galaxies. Meanwhiles, when measurable, post-starburst galaxies havethe directions of maximum stellar velocity gradients align with photometricmajor axes, which suggest against major mergers being the principal drivingmechanism, while gas-rich minor mergers are plausible. While directly obtainingthe same quality of spatially-resolved spectra of high-redshift post-starburstgalaxies is very difficult, finding proper local counterparts provides analternative to understand quenching processes in the distant Universe.

Searching for local counterparts of high-redshift post-starburst galaxies in integral field unit spectroscopic surveys of nearby galaxies