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在螺旋致密星系群SCG0018-4854中探测到热星系际介质

Detection of a hot intergalactic medium in the spiral-only compact group SCG0018-4854

G. Trinchieri, A. Iovino, E. Pompei, M. Dahlem, J. Reeves, R. Coziol, S. Temporin

摘要:

目标:致密星系群是研究星系相互作用及其对星系演化影响的绝佳实验室。特别是,动态年轻的系统,有很大一部分的相互作用,晚型星系,到目前为止,逃避适当的研究,在X射线波段和他们的热星系际介质的属性几乎是未知的。出于这种知识的缺乏,我们提出了一个详细的调查在这里这样一个动态的年轻系统的X射线特性。方法:我们在新的南方致密星表SCG 0018 -4854中获得了一个只有螺旋的系统的XMM-牛顿观测。我们在这里提出的数据分析的结果,并讨论它们与其他几个类似的系统也在X射线波段进行了研究。结果:SCG 0018 -4854的4个成员的发射水平与基于其光学性质的预期水平相当。我们探测到星系间的低水平漫射辐射,这很可能是由于星系际介质的存在。与其他螺旋星系相比,这可能是迄今为止探测到的最冷的系统,尽管测量结果有很大的不确定性。这些结果表明,需要高质量的深X射线观测,以允许适当的研究动态年轻系统的势阱的性质,才能得出更一般的结论,他们的平均特性。

英文摘要:

AIMS: Compact groups of galaxies are excellent laboratories for studying galaxy interactions and their effects on the evolution of galaxies. In particular, dynamically young systems, with a large fraction of interacting, late type galaxies, have so far escaped proper studies in the X-ray band and their hot intergalactic medium properties are virtually unknown. Motivated by this lack of knowledge, we present a detailed investigation here of the X-ray properties of such a dynamically young system. METHODS: We obtained XMM-Newton observations of one spiral-only system in the new southern compact group catalogue: SCG0018-4854. We present here the results of the data analysis and discuss them in comparison with the few other similar systems also studied in the X-ray band. RESULTS: The 4 members of SCG0018-4854 emit at a level comparable to what is expected based on their optical properties. We detect the low level diffuse emission between galaxies, which is most likely due to the presence of the intergalactic medium. Compared to other spiral--only groups, this could be the coolest system detected so far, although the measurements have large uncertainties. These results indicate that high quality deep X-ray observations are needed to allow a proper study of the properties of the potential well of dynamically young systems, before more general conclusions can be drawn on their average characteristics.

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