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富CO早型星系的射电连续谱与恒星形成

Radio Continuum and Star Formation in CO-rich Early Type Galaxies

D. M. Lucero, L. M. Young

摘要:

在本文中,我们提出了新的高分辨率VLA 1.4 GHz射电连续观测的五个FIR明亮的富CO早型星系和两个矮早型星系。的位置上的无线电FIR相关性结合惊人的协议,在形态之间的高分辨率CO和无线电地图显示,无线电连续与恒星形成的八个星系中至少有四个。射电观测到的样本星系的平均恒星形成速率大约为每年2个太阳质量。在我们的任何样本星系中,都没有发光活动星系核的证据。我们估计Toomre Q值,发现气体盘很可能是重力不稳定的,与上述恒星形成活动的证据一致。因此,射电连续辐射证实了其他最近的建议,即早期类型星系中的恒星形成可能并不罕见。

英文摘要:

In this paper we present new high resolution VLA 1.4 GHz radio continuum observations of five FIR bright CO-rich early-type galaxies and two dwarf early-type galaxies. The position on the radio-FIR correlation combined with striking agreements in morphology between high resolution CO and radio maps show that the radio continuum is associated with star formation in at least four of the eight galaxies. The average star formation rate for the sample galaxies detected in radio is approximately 2 solar masses per year. There is no evidence of a luminous AGN in any of our sample galaxies. We estimate Toomre Q values and find that the gas disks may well be gravitationally unstable, consistent with the above evidence for star formation activity. The radio continuum emission thus corroborates other recent suggestions that star formation in early type galaxies may not be uncommon.

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