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极环星系GALEX和壳星系NGC 1210和NGC 5329的性质

GALEX UV properties of the polar ring galaxy MCG-05-07-001 and the shell galaxies NGC 1210 and NGC 5329

A. Marino, E. Iodice, R. Tantalo, L. Piovan, D. Bettoni, L. M. Buson, C. Chiosi, G. Galletta, R. Rampazzo, R. M. Rich

摘要:

早型星系中的壳层和极环系统被认为是质量吸积和/或合并的“真正”示踪剂。它们在低密度环境中的高频率表明,这样的事件可能会驱动至少一部分早期类型星系群的演化。它们的紫外辐射对于测试这些星系是否有正在进行/最近的恒星形成至关重要。我们使用远,近紫外,光学,近红外图像,HI地图,和线强度指数,调查的星系核和外部区域以及精细结构存在的区域。MCG-05-07-001和NGC 1210的GALEX近(NUV)和远紫外(FUV)图像显示了复杂的潮汐尾和碎片结构。这两个星系的紫外形态与光学形态如此不同,早期类型的分类可能不适用。在这两个GALEX波段中,MCG-05-07-001的极环是主要特征,而NGC 1210的FUV波段则以延长的潮汐尾为主。在MCG-05-07-001和NGC 1210中,在FUV和NUV谱带以及HI中检测到的结构之间存在强相关性。NGC 5329在紫外线下没有显示出贝壳的证据。我们试图限制吸积插曲或合并的年龄,产生了壳和极环的援助下,复合恒星星族,考虑到尘埃的存在。在MCG-05-07-001和NGC 1210中HI的存在支持湿合并。模型表明,MCG-05-07-001中存在非常年轻的恒星星族:观测结果可以用一个明显的恒星形成爆发的框架来解释,该爆发发生在<=1 Gyr前,涉及大部分星系质量。我们的模型表明,NGC 1210和NGC 5329的核也可能在2-4 Gyr前的吸积事件中恢复活力。(节略)

英文摘要:

Systems of shells and polar rings in early-type galaxies are considered "bona fide" tracers of mass accretion and/or mergers. Their high frequency in low density environments suggests that such episodes could drive the evolution of at least a fraction of the early-type galaxy population. Their UV emission is crucial to test whether these galaxies host ongoing/recent star formation. We used far and near ultraviolet, optical, near infrared images, HI maps, and line strength indices to investigate the nuclear and outer regions of the galaxies as well as the regions where fine structures are present. The GALEX Near (NUV) and Far UV (FUV) images of MCG-05-07-001 and NGC 1210 show complex tidal tails and debris structures. The UV morphology of both galaxies appears so different from the optical one that the early-type classification may not apply. In both GALEX bands the polar ring of MCG-05-07-001 is the dominant feature, whereas an extended tidal tail dominates the FUV bands of NGC 1210. In MCG-05-07-001 and NGC 1210 there is a strong correlation between structures detected in the FUV and NUV bands and in HI. NGC 5329 does not show evidence of shells in the UV. We try to constrain the age of the accretion episode or merger which gave rise to the shells and polar rings with the aid of composite stellar populations that take the presence of dust into account. The presence of HI in both MCG-05-07-001 and NGC 1210 argues in favour of wet mergers. Models suggest the presence of very young stellar populations in MCG-05-07-001: the observations could be explained in the framework of a conspicuous burst of star formation that occurred <=1 Gyr ago and involved a large fraction of the galaxy mass. Our models suggest that also the nuclei of NGC 1210 and NGC 5329 could have been rejuvenated by an accretion episode about 2-4 Gyr ago. (abridged)

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