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猎户座矮星系的恒星和气体成分

The Stellar and Gaseous Contents of the Orion Dwarf Galaxy

John M. Cannon, Korey Haynes, Hans Most, John J. Salzer, Kaitlin Haugland, Jillian Scudder, Arthur Sugden, Jacob Weindling

摘要:

我们提出了新的KPNO 0.9米光学和VLA HI谱线的猎户座矮星系的观测。这颗位于附近的中等质量矮星(M_dyn = 1.1x10^10太阳质量)(D ~ 5.4 Mpc)在其中性的ISM中显示出丰富的结构,包括内部HI盘中三个突出的“洞/凹陷”特征。我们探讨了丰富的气体运动学,其中固体旋转占主导地位,旋转曲线是平坦的HI盘(~6.8千秒差距)的观察到的边缘。猎户座矮星的整个盘面上包含了相当大一部分的暗物质:将探测到的中性气体的质量为4.7 × 10^8太阳质量与光学和近红外成像估计的恒星质量(3.7 × 10^8太阳质量)进行比较,意味着质光比约为13。新的H α观测结果显示,目前只有中等强度的恒星形成(每年约0.04太阳质量);这种恒星形成率与我们的1.4 GHz无线电连续谱未检测到一致。

英文摘要:

We present new KPNO 0.9-m optical and VLA HI spectral line observations of the Orion dwarf galaxy. This nearby (D ~ 5.4 Mpc), intermediate-mass (M_dyn = 1.1x10^10 Solar masses) dwarf displays a wealth of structure in its neutral ISM, including three prominent "hole/depression" features in the inner HI disk. We explore the rich gas kinematics, where solid-body rotation dominates and the rotation curve is flat out to the observed edge of the HI disk (~6.8 kpc). The Orion dwarf contains a substantial fraction of dark matter throughout its disk: comparing the 4.7x10^8 Solar masses of detected neutral gas with estimates of the stellar mass from optical and near-infrared imaging (3.7x10^8 Solar masses) implies a mass-to-light ratio of ~13. New H alpha observations show only modest-strength current star formation (~0.04 Solar masses per year); this star formation rate is consistent with our 1.4 GHz radio continuum non-detection.

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