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美杜莎合并中的恒星和气体

Stars and gas in the Medusa merger

E. Manthey, S. Huettemeister, S. Aalto, C. Horellou, P. Bjerkeli

摘要:

美杜莎(NGC 4194)是一个被研究得很好的邻近星系,它有合并的扰动外观和正在进行的恒星形成的证据。为了测试它是否可能是一个富含气体的盘状星系和一个更大的椭圆星系之间的相互作用的结果,我们已经进行了光学和无线电观测的恒星和气体的美杜莎,并进行了$N$体数值模拟这样一个系统的演化。我们使用北欧光学望远镜获得深V波段图像,并使用韦斯特博克射电综合望远镜绘制氢原子的大尺度分布和运动学。在美杜莎的南面发现了一个单独的HI尾,其投影长度为56 kpc(5 '),气体质量为7 * 10^8太阳质量,因此包含了该系统HI总质量的三分之一。HI也被检测到在吸收向连续的中心。HI是在美杜莎西北部的一个小星系中探测到的,预计距离为91千秒差距。然而,这个星系不太可能对美杜莎的进化产生重大影响。通过模拟一个富含气体的盘状星系在一个更大、质量是其四倍的椭圆星系(球状星系)上的轻微碰撞,再现了美杜莎星系的大部分观测特征,因此美杜莎星系是研究小星系合并对恒星形成贡献的理想天体。

英文摘要:

The Medusa (NGC 4194) is a well-studied nearby galaxy with the disturbed appearance of a merger and evidence for ongoing star formation. In order to test whether it could be the result of an interaction between a gas-rich disk-like galaxy and a larger elliptical, we have carried out optical and radio observations of the stars and the gas in the Medusa, and performed $N$-body numerical simulations of the evolution of such a system. We used the Nordic Optical Telescope to obtain a deep V-band image and the Westerbork Radio Synthesis Telescope to map the large-scale distribution and kinematics of atomic hydrogen. A single HI tail was found to the South of the Medusa with a projected length of 56 kpc (5') and a gas mass of 7* 10^8 M_sun, thus harbouring about one third of the total HI mass of the system. HI was also detected in absorption toward the continuum in the center. HI was detected in a small nearby galaxy to the North-West of the Medusa at a projected distance of 91 kpc. It is, however, unlikely that this galaxy has had a significant influence on the evolution of the Medusa. The simulations of the slightly prograde infall of a gas-rich disk galaxy on an larger, four time more massive elliptical (spherical) galaxy reproduce most of the observed features of the Medusa.Thus, the Medusa is an ideal object to study the merger-induced star formation contribution from the small galaxy of a minor merger.

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