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NGC 891的冷气体晕

The cold gaseous halo of NGC 891

Tom Oosterloo, Filippo Fraternali, Renzo Sancisi

摘要:

我们提出的HI观测的边缘星系NGC 891。这是有史以来在外部星系上进行的最深的实验之一。它们揭示了一个巨大的气体晕,比以前看到的要长得多,包含了几乎30%的HI。这个HI晕显示了不同尺度的结构。在一侧,有一条从圆盘垂直延伸(投影)至22 kpc的细丝。小的(M_HI ~ 10^6 Msol)晕云,其中一些具有禁止的(显然是反向旋转的)速度,也被探测到。晕圈气体的整体运动学的特征在于相对于盘的差分旋转滞后。滞后在小半径处更明显,随着距平面的高度而增加。有证据表明,很大一部分的晕是由于银河喷泉。来自星系际空间的吸积也可能在形成晕和提供解释观测到的自转滞后所需的低角动量物质方面发挥作用。长的HI灯丝和反向旋转的云可能是这种吸积的直接证据。

英文摘要:

We present HI observations of the edge-on galaxy NGC 891. These are among the deepest ever performed on an external galaxy. They reveal a huge gaseous halo, much more extended than seen previously and containing almost 30 % of the HI. This HI halo shows structures on various scales. On one side, there is a filament extending (in projection) up to 22 kpc vertically from the disk. Small (M_HI ~ 10^6 Msol) halo clouds, some with forbidden (apparently counter-rotating) velocities, are also detected. The overall kinematics of the halo gas is characterized by differential rotation lagging with respect to that of the disk. The lag, more pronounced at small radii, increases with height from the plane. There is evidence that a significant fraction of the halo is due to a galactic fountain. Accretion from intergalactic space may also play a role in building up the halo and providing low angular momentum material needed to account for the observed rotation lag. The long HI filament and the counter-rotating clouds may be direct evidence of such accretion.

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