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Sy 1.5星系NGC 5033的连续射电辐射

The continuum radio emission from the Sy 1.5 galaxy NGC 5033

Miguel A. Perez-Torres, Antonio Alberdi

摘要:

我们提出了新的连续VLA观测附近的Sy 1.5星系NGC 5033,在4.9和8.4 GHz的2003年4月8日。结合1993年8月7日、1999年8月29日和1999年10月31日在1.4和4.9 GHz的VLA档案观测,我们对星系射电辐射进行了从核区(<~ 100 pc)到盘外区(~ 40 kpc)范围内的采样。高分辨率的VLA图像显示了Sy1.5核的核心喷流结构。地核的非热射电频谱(S_v ~ v ^α; α_{1.5}^{4.9} \approx -0.4)较陡,而kpc内区的频谱(α_{1.5}^{8.4} \approx -0.9)较陡。后一种光谱是能量损失高的星系的典型光谱,表明NGC 5033中宇宙射线电子的逃逸率很低。核心对NGC 5033总的1.4 GHz射电功率贡献很小,并且,基于射电与远红外(FIR)的关系,NGC 5033的射电和远红外辐射似乎是由一个星暴主导的,在过去的1000万年期间,以~2.8 M_sun/yr的速率产生恒星,产生超新星(Ib/c和II型)的速率为0.045 #/年。这个超新星爆发率相当于每22年发生一次超新星事件。最后,从我们的深8.4 GHz VLA-D图像中,我们建议在NGC 5033中存在无线电毛刺,这可能是由于在巨大分子云的寿命期间发生的连续超新星爆炸所形成的热超级气泡。

英文摘要:

We present new continuum VLA observations of the nearby Sy 1.5 galaxy NGC 5033, made at 4.9 and 8.4 GHz on 8 April 2003. Combined with VLA archival observations at 1.4 and 4.9 GHz made on 7 August 1993, 29 August 1999, and 31 October 1999, we sample the galaxy radio emission at scales ranging from the nuclear regions (<~ 100 pc) to the outer regions of the disk (~ 40 kpc). The high-resolution VLA images show a core-jet structure for the Sy 1.5 nucleus. While the core has a moderately steep non-thermal radio spectrum (S_ν~ ν^α; α_{1.5}^{4.9} \approx -0.4), the inner kpc region shows a steeper spectrum (α_{1.5}^{8.4} \approx -0.9). This latter spectrum is typical of galaxies where energy losses are high, indicating that the escape rate of cosmic ray electrons in NGC 5033 is low. The nucleus contributes little to the total 1.4 GHz radio power of NGC 5033 and, based on the radio to far-infrared (FIR) relation, it appears that the radio and far-infrared emission from NGC 5033 are dominated by a starburst that during the last 10 Myr produced stars at a rate of ~2.8 M_sun/yr, yielding a supernova (type Ib/c and II) rate of 0.045 #/yr. This supernova rate corresponds to about 1 SN event every 22 yr. Finally, from our deep 8.4 GHz VLA-D image, we suggest the existence of a radio spur in NGC 5033, which could have been due to a hot superbubble formed as a consequence of sequential supernova explosions occurring during the lifetime of a giant molecular cloud.

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