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星系团环境对8个室女星系团旋涡大尺度射电连续谱辐射的影响

The influence of the cluster environment on the large-scale radio continuum emission of 8 Virgo cluster spirals

B. Vollmer, M. Soida, A. Chung, R. Beck, M. Urbanik, K. T. Chyzy, K. Otmianowska-Mazur, J. H. van Gorkom

摘要:

研究了环境对团旋星系偏振和总功率射电连续辐射的影响。我们提出了深尺度阵列VLA 20和6厘米的观测,包括8个室女座螺旋星系的偏振。这些数据与现有的光学,HI和Halalpha数据相结合。冲压压力压缩导致总功率分布在银河系盘的一侧的尖锐边缘。这些边缘与HI边缘重合。在边缘星系中,面外射电辐射可以比HI辐射延伸得更远。在同一个星系中,偏振度的不对称梯度提供了关于冲压压力风向的额外信息。局部总功率发射对冲压压力的影响不敏感。只有在非常强的冲压压力下,射电连续谱才可能在压缩区变平。这意味着当地的恒星形成率和湍流小尺度磁场都不会受到冲压压力的显著影响。冲压压力压缩主要发生在大尺度(>=1千秒差距),主要是在偏振无线电连续辐射检测。

英文摘要:

The influence of the environment on the polarized and total power radio continuum emission of cluster spiral galaxies is investigated. We present deep scaled array VLA 20 and 6 cm observations including polarization of 8 Virgo spiral galaxies. These data are combined with existing optical, HI, and Halpha data. Ram pressure compression leads to sharp edges of the total power distribution at one side of the galactic disk. These edges coincide with HI edges. In edge-on galaxies the extraplanar radio emission can extend further than the HI emission. In the same galaxies asymmetric gradients in the degree of polarization give additional information on the ram pressure wind direction. The local total power emission is not sensitive to the effects of ram pressure. The radio continuum spectrum might flatten in the compressed region only for very strong ram pressure. This implies that neither the local star formation rate nor the turbulent small-scale magnetic field are significantly affected by ram pressure. Ram pressure compression occurs mainly on large scales (>=1 kpc) and is primarily detectable in polarized radio continuum emission.

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