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NGC 2997中主旋臂的模式速度:基于非常年轻的恒星复合体的估算

Pattern speed of main spiral arms in NGC 2997: Estimate based on very young stellar complexes

P. Grosbol H. Dottori

摘要:

利用ISAAC/VLT对大设计旋涡星系NGC 2997的南臂进行了深JHK-Brg测光。所有比K=19等亮的源都被定位了。颜色-颜色图被用来识别扩展源中的年轻恒星复合体。年龄可以估计为最年轻的复合物和相关的螺旋臂的K-波段强度变化所定义的方位角距离。Mk <-12 mag的扩展源表现为弥散的外观,并且比较暗的源更集中在臂区域内,而较暗的源则紧凑且均匀地分布在盘中。明亮漫射天体的近红外颜色与它们是年轻的恒星形成复合体一致,年龄<1000万年,并因高达8等的视觉消光而变红。它们显示出颜色梯度,作为它们与旋臂的方位角距离的函数。将这一梯度解释为年龄变化,主螺旋的模式速度Op = 16 km/s/kpc是假设圆周运动得出的。明亮的漫反射复合体的排列和颜色梯度强烈支持NGC 2997的密度波场景。只有Mk <-12等的最明亮的复合体显示出沿着臂的良好排列结构,这表明由于螺旋势的作用,气体需要强烈的压缩才能形成这些质量最大的聚集体,而较小的恒星形成区域在盘中形成得更随机。在Mk = -12等时,这两组超新星之间的急剧转变可能与第一颗超新星在复合体中爆炸时的气体排出有关。

英文摘要:

Deep JHK-Brg photometry of the southern arm of the grand-design spiral galaxy NGC 2997 was obtained by ISAAC/VLT. All sources in the field brighter than K=19 mag were located. Color-color diagrams were used to identify young stellar complexes among the extended sources. Ages can be estimated for the youngest complexes and correlated with azimuthal distances from the spiral arms defined by the K-band intensity variation. The extended sources with Mk <-12 mag display a diffuse appearance and are more concentrated inside the arm region than fainter ones, which are compact and uniformly distributed in the disk. The NIR colors of the bright diffuse objects are consistent with them being young starforming complexes with ages <10 Myr and reddened by up to 8 mag of visual extinction. They show a color gradient as a function of their azimuthal distance from the spiral arms. Interpreting this gradient as an age variation, the pattern speed Op = 16 km/s/kpc of the main spiral was derived assuming circular motion. The alignment and color gradient of the bright, diffuse complexes strongly support a density wave scenario for NGC 2997. Only the brightest complexes with Mk <-12 mag show a well aligned structure along the arm, suggesting that a strong compression in the gas due to the spiral potential is required to form these most massive aggregates, while smaller starforming regions are formed more randomly in the disk. The sharp transition between the two groups at Mk = -12 mag may be associated with expulsion of gas when the first supernovae explode in the complex.

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