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NGC 4254:阿雷西博遗产快速ALFA调查发现的骚扰行为

NGC 4254: An Act of Harassment Uncovered by the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA Survey

Martha P. Haynes, Riccardo Giovanelli, Brian R. Kent

摘要:

我们提出了一个HI地图构建从阿雷西博遗产快速ALFA(ALCAFA)的调查的强烈不对称的室女星系团Sc星系NGC 4254的周围环境。NGC 4254以其不平衡的外观、丰富的星际介质和盘外HI辐射而闻名,被认为是第一次以高速进入室女座环境。阿尔法星云图清楚地显示出一条长长的HI尾,从星系向北延伸约250 kpc。在这个HI结构中嵌入一个凝聚体的是先前被确定为“暗星系”的物体:室女座HI 21(Davies et al. 2004)。大量的证据,包括它在星系团中的位置和相对于星系团的速度,以及它强烈的螺旋图案、盘外HI和长长的HI尾的外观和运动学,都与Moore等人(1996 a,b; 1998)提出的“星系骚扰”的图像一致。当它从NGC 4254中出现时,沿着尾巴的平滑变化的径向速度场可以用作计时工具,如果解释为来自磁盘旋转和与骚扰机制相关的集体重力的耦合。

英文摘要:

We present an HI map constructed from the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey of the surroundings of the strongly asymmetric Virgo cluster Sc galaxy NGC 4254. Noted previously for its lopsided appearance, rich interstellar medium, and extradisk HI emission, NGC 4254 is believed to be entering the Virgo environment for the first time and at high speed. The ALFALFA map clearly shows a long HI tail extending ~250 kpc northward from the galaxy. Embedded as one condensation within this HI structure is the object previously identified as a "dark galaxy": Virgo HI21 (Davies et al. 2004). A body of evidence including its location within and velocity with respect to the cluster and the appearance and kinematics of its strong spiral pattern, extra-disk HI and lengthy HI tail is consistent with a picture of "galaxy harassment" as proposed by Moore et al. (1996a,b; 1998). The smoothly varying radial velocity field along the tail as it emerges from NGC 4254 can be used as a timing tool, if interpreted as resulting from the coupling of the rotation of the disk and the collective gravitational forces associated with the harassment mechanism.

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