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NGC 1569 - I的双子座GMOS/IFU光谱学:绘制年轻星团及其环境的性质

Gemini GMOS/IFU spectroscopy of NGC 1569 - I: Mapping the properties of a young star cluster and its environment

M. S. Westmoquette, K. M. Exter, L. J. Smith, J. S. Gallagher

摘要:

[摘要]我们介绍了Gemini-North GMOS/IFU对一个年轻星团(星团10)及其在矮不规则星暴星系NGC 1569中心附近的环境的观测。这是一个更大的和正在进行的星系风的形成和准直机制的研究的一部分,包括NGC 1569中的三个额外的IFU点,覆盖了在配套文件中分析的星系风的基础。这些GMOS/IFU观测的良好的空间和光谱分辨率,覆盖4740-6860 A,使我们能够探测小尺度上的集群和它们的环境之间的相互作用。结合我们的GMOS光谱和HST成像,我们发现星团10由两个非常接近的组成部分组成,年龄为500 - 700万年和<500万年,合并质量为7 +/- 5 x 10^3 Msun。对H_α发射线在整个视场中的轮廓形状进行了详细的分析,结果表明,H_α发射线是由一个明亮的窄特征(本征半高宽~ 50 km/s)叠加在一个较暗的宽特征(半高宽< 300 km/s)上构成的。通过映射每个单独的组件的属性,我们调查的小尺度结构和电离ISM的属性,包括红化,激发和电子密度,并首次发现线组件属性之间的空间相关性。我们详细讨论了可能的机制,可能会引起这两个组件和这些相关性,并得出结论,最有可能的解释是,广泛的排放是,它是产生在一个湍流混合层的表面上的冷气体块嵌入在热,快速流动的集群风。我们的结论是,我们正在采样以及在外部边界冲击的扩大超级泡沫和流出的“能量注入区”。

英文摘要:

[Abridged] We present Gemini-North GMOS/IFU observations of a young star cluster (cluster 10) and its environment near the centre of the dwarf irregular starburst galaxy NGC 1569. This forms part of a larger and on-going study of the formation and collimation mechanisms of galactic winds, including three additional IFU pointings in NGC 1569 covering the base of the galactic wind which are analysed in a companion paper. The good spatial- and spectral-resolution of these GMOS/IFU observations, covering 4740-6860 A, allow us to probe the interactions between clusters and their environments on small scales. Combining our GMOS spectrum with HST imaging, we find that cluster 10 is composed of two very close components with ages of 5-7 Myr and <5 Myr, and a combined mass of 7 +/- 5 x 10^3 Msun. A detailed analysis of the H_alpha emission line profile shapes across the whole field-of-view shows them to be composed of a bright narrow feature (intrinsic FWHM ~ 50 km/s) superimposed on a fainter broad component (FWHM < 300 km/s). By mapping the properties of each individual component, we investigate the small-scale structure and properties of the ionized ISM, including reddening, excitation and electron densities, and for the first time find spatial correlations between the line component properties. We discuss in detail the possible mechanisms that could give rise to the two components and these correlations, and conclude that the most likely explanation for the broad emission is that it is produced in a turbulent mixing layer on the surface of the cool gas clumps embedded within the hot, fast-flowing cluster winds. We conclude we are sampling well within the outer bounding shocks of the expanding superbubbles and within the outflow 'energy injection zone'.

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