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VCC 2062:室女星系团中的一个古老潮汐矮星系?

VCC 2062: an old Tidal Dwarf Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster?

Pierre-Alain Duc, Jonathan Braine, Ute Lisenfeld, Elias Brinks, Mederic Boquien

摘要:

数值模拟预测存在旧的潮汐矮星系(TDGs),将生存几个陀螺后,碰撞躺在他们的起源。这样的幸存者,现在已经成为独立的松弛星系,如果足够近,将是理想的实验室,以解决一些热门问题,包括星系内和周围的暗物质分布。然而,寻找具有确认潮汐起源的老矮星系是一个观测挑战。室女星系团中的一个矮星系VCC 2062,表现出几种不寻常的性质,这是由回收材料组成的星系的典型特征。我们讨论它是否真的可能是TDG。我们分析了VCC 2062的多波长观测,包括IRAM CO地图,其HII区域的光谱,GALEX紫外线和档案宽带和窄带光学图像以及最初作为VIVA项目的一部分获得的VLA HI数据立方体。VCC 2062似乎是一个运动学分离的低表面亮度的光学对应物,旋转凝结物形成于HI尾部,显然与扰动星系NGC 4694有物理联系。与其微弱的光学亮度相比,VCC 2062的特征是强烈的CO发射和高氧丰度,这是螺旋盘的典型特征。然而,它的动力学质量是一个矮星系。VCC 2062最有可能是在一个更大的星系由于潮汐相互作用而排出的预富集气体结构中形成的。气体尾部的天然提供者是NGC 4694,或者更确切地说,是一个以前的伴星,后来被大质量星系吸积。根据这种情况,VCC 2062是由过去的潮汐相遇形成的。由于它的母星系很可能已经完全合并,它有资格成为一个老的TDG。

英文摘要:

Numerical simulations predict the existence of old Tidal Dwarf Galaxies (TDGs) that would have survived several Gyr after the collision lying at their origin. Such survivors, which would by now have become independent relaxed galaxies, would be ideal laboratories, if nearby enough, to tackle a number of topical issues, including the distribution of Dark Matter in and around galaxies. However finding old dwarf galaxies with a confirmed tidal origin is an observational challenge. A dwarf galaxy in the Virgo Cluster, VCC 2062, exhibits several unusual properties that are typical of a galaxy made out of recycled material. We discuss whether it may indeed be a TDG. We analysed multi-wavelength observations of VCC 2062, including an IRAM CO map, an optical spectrum of its HII regions, GALEX ultraviolet and archival broad-band and narrow-band optical images as well as a VLA HI datacube, originally obtained as part of the VIVA project. VCC 2062 appears to be the optical, low surface brightness counterpart of a kinematically detached, rotating condensation that formed within an HI tail apparently physically linked to the disturbed galaxy NGC 4694. In contrast to its faint optical luminosity, VCC 2062 is characterised by strong CO emission and a high oxygen abundance more typical of spiral disks. Its dynamical mass however, is that of a dwarf galaxy. VCC 2062 was most likely formed within a pre-enriched gaseous structure expelled from a larger galaxy as a result of a tidal interaction. The natural provider for the gaseous tail is NGC 4694 or rather a former companion which subsequently has been accreted by the massive galaxy. According to that scenario, VCC 2062 has been formed by a past tidal encounter. Since its parent galaxies have most probably already totally merged, it qualifies as an old TDG.

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