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不规则矮星系IC 4662和NGC 5408中中性和电离气体的运动学研究

A kinematic study of the neutral and ionised gas in the irregular dwarf galaxies IC 4662 and NGC 5408

J. van Eymeren, B. S. Koribalski, A. R. Lopez-Sanchez, R. -J. Dettmar, D. J. Bomans

摘要:

节录。大质量恒星与星际介质之间的反馈是矮星系演化中最重要的过程之一。这种相互作用导致了在这些星系的盘和晕中发现的许多中性和电离气体结构。然而,它们的起源和命运仍然知之甚少。本文介绍了两个邻近的不规则矮星系IC 4662和NGC 5408的新的HI和光学数据。HI线数据是通过ATCA获得的,是当地HI体积调查的一部分。它们由ESO NTT和ESO 3.6米望远镜获得的光学图像和光谱数据补充。我们的主要目的是研究中性和电离气体成分的运动学,以寻找流出的气体结构,并预测它们的命运。我们发现这两个星系的HI气体信封远远超出了光盘。光盘嵌入到中央HI最大的两个星系。然而,更高分辨率的HI图显示HI强度峰通常偏离突出的HII区域。虽然NGC 5408显示了一个相当规则的HI速度场,这使我们能够推导出旋转曲线,但IC 4662揭示了一个相当扭曲的HI速度场,可能是由最近的合并事件引起的。我们检测流出的速度在20和60公里/秒之间,在我们的Halpha光谱的两个星系,有时与HI对应的类似速度。我们认为存在膨胀的超级气泡,特别是在NGC 5408中。这也得到了Halpha中高达70 km/s的FWHM检测的支持。在NGC 5408的情况下,我们将我们的结果与星系的逃逸速度进行了比较,这表明在所有情况下测量的膨胀速度都太低,以至于气体无法从NGC 5408的引力势中逃逸。这一结果与对其他矮星系的研究一致。

英文摘要:

Abridged. The feedback between massive stars and the interstellar medium is one of the most important processes in the evolution of dwarf galaxies. This interaction results in numerous neutral and ionised gas structures that have been found both in the disc and in the halo of these galaxies. However, their origin and fate are still poorly understood. We here present new HI and optical data of two nearby irregular dwarf galaxies: IC 4662 and NGC 5408. The HI line data were obtained with the ATCA and are part of the Local Volume HI Survey. They are complemented by optical images and spectroscopic data obtained with the ESO NTT and the ESO 3.6m telescope. Our main aim is to study the kinematics of the neutral and ionised gas components in order to search for outflowing gas structures and to make predictions about their fate. We find the HI gas envelopes of both galaxies to extend well beyond the optical discs. The optical disc is embedded into the central HI maximum in both galaxies. However, higher resolution HI maps show that the HI intensity peaks are typically offset from the prominent HII regions. While NGC 5408 shows a fairly regular HI velocity field, which allows us to derive a rotation curve, IC 4662 reveals a rather twisted HI velocity field, possibly caused by a recent merger event. We detect outflows with velocities between 20 and 60 km/s in our Halpha spectra of both galaxies, sometimes with HI counterparts of similar velocity. We suggest the existence of expanding superbubbles, especially in NGC 5408. This is also supported by the detection of FWHMs as high as 70 km/s in Halpha. In case of NGC 5408, we compare our results with the escape velocity of the galaxy, which shows that the measured expansion velocities are in all cases too low to allow the gas to escape from the gravitational potential of NGC 5408. This result is consistent with studies of other dwarf galaxies.

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