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室女星系团恒星形成区的Spitzer研究

A Spitzer study of star-forming regions in Virgo Cluster galaxies

O. Ivy Wong, Jeffrey D. P. Kenney

摘要:

本文利用斯皮策巡天(SPITSOV)的24微米斯皮策观测资料,结合H-α观测资料,对三个室女星系团的恒星形成分布进行了初步研究。我们研究的目的是探索星系内恒星形成分布与星系团环境中相互作用的类型(和相位)之间的关系。在经历ICM-ISM相互作用的星系中,没有发现高遮蔽的恒星形成区,也没有发现强增强的恒星形成区,但在一个星系(NGC 4402)的外部发现了非常不遮蔽的恒星形成区,而在另一个星系(NGC 4522)的面外区域发现了相对遮蔽的恒星形成区。我们将观察到的NGC 4402和NGC 4522之间的差异归因于每个星系通过ICM的运动方向。

英文摘要:

We present a preliminary study of the star formation distribution within three Virgo Cluster galaxies using the 24 micron Spitzer observations from the Spitzer Survey of Virgo (SPITSOV) in combination with H-alpha observations. The purpose of our study is to explore the relationship between the star formation distribution within galaxies and the type (and phase) of interactions experienced within the cluster environment. Neither highly-obscured star formation nor strongly enhanced star-forming regions along the leading edges of galaxies experiencing ICM-ISM interactions were found. However, very unobscured star-forming regions were found in the outer parts of one galaxy (NGC 4402), while relatively obscured star-forming regions were found in the extraplanar regions of another galaxy (NGC 4522). We attribute the observed differences between NGC 4402 and NGC 4522 to the direction of motion of each galaxy through the ICM.

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