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THINGS:HI邻近星系巡天

THINGS: The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey

F. Walter, E. Brinks, W. J. G. de Blok, F. Bigiel, R. C. Kennicutt,, M. D. Thornley, A. K. Leroy

摘要:

介绍了利用NRAO甚大阵(VLA)对34个邻近星系进行的高光谱(<=5.2 km/s)和高空间分辨率(~6”)HI辐射巡天的“HI邻近星系巡天(THINGS)”。“事物”的首要科学目标是研究与哈勃序列中星系形态、恒星形成和质量分布有关的星际介质的基本特征。THINGS数据库的独特之处在于HI数据的均匀灵敏度以及空间和速度分辨率,这是VLA对大量星系所能达到的极限。距离2<D<15 Mpc的34个物体的样本(导致线性分辨率约为100至500 pc)是THINGS的目标,涵盖了广泛的恒星形成率(10^-3至6 M_sun/yr),HI总质量M_HI绝对光度M_B(-11.5至-21.7等)和金属丰度(7.5至9.2,单位为12+log[O/H])。我们描述了VLA观测的设置,数据简化程序和最终的东西数据产品的创建。我们提出了一个图集的集成HI地图,速度场,二阶矩(速度色散)的地图和个人通道地图的每个东西星系。THINGS数据产品通过专门的网页公开提供。随附的THINGS论文解决了ISM的小尺度结构,THINGS星系中的(暗)物质分布以及导致恒星形成的过程等问题。

英文摘要:

We present "The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS)", a high spectral (<=5.2 km/s) and spatial (~6") resolution survey of HI emission in 34 nearby galaxies obtained using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA). The overarching scientific goal of THINGS is to investigate fundamental characteristics of the interstellar medium (ISM) related to galaxy morphology, star formation and mass distribution across the Hubble sequence. Unique characteristics of the THINGS database are the homogeneous sensitivity as well as spatial and velocity resolution of the HI data which is at the limit of what can be achieved with the VLA for a significant number of galaxies. A sample of 34 objects at distances 2<D<15Mpc (resulting in linear resolutions of ~100 to 500pc) are targeted in THINGS, covering a wide range of star formation rates (10^-3 to 6 M_sun/yr), total HI masses M_HI (0.01 to 14x10^9 M_sun), absolute luminosities M_B (-11.5 to -21.7 mag) and metallicities (7.5 to 9.2 in units of 12+log[O/H]). We describe the setup of the VLA observations, the data reduction procedures and the creation of the final THINGS data products. We present an atlas of the integrated HI maps, the velocity fields, the second moment (velocity dispersion) maps and individual channel maps of each THINGS galaxy. The THINGS data products are made publicly available through a dedicated webpage. Accompanying THINGS papers address issues such as the small-scale structure of the ISM, the (dark) matter distribution in THINGS galaxies, and the processes leading to star formation.

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