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从无线电角度看湿合并残余NGC 34

A Radio Perspective on the Wet Merger Remnant NGC 34

Ximena Fernandez, J. H. van Gorkom, Francois Schweizer, Joshua E. Barnes

摘要:

本文介绍了NGC 34(= NGC 17 = Mrk 938)的中性氢和射电连续谱的VLA观测。这个天体是研究气体在合并中的命运的理想候选者,因为正如Schweizer和Seitzer(2007)所做的光学研究所显示的那样,它是两个质量不等的盘状星系合并后的富含气体(“湿”)残留物,拥有一个强大的中央星暴和一个弱的活动星系核。我们从潮汐尾和附近的星系中检测到HI发射,这表明NGC 34实际上是一个富含气体的星系团的一部分,并且可能最近与它的一个同伴相互作用。气体的运动学表明,这个残余物正在从北尾的气体中形成一个中性氢的外盘。我们还检测到广泛的HI吸收(514 +/- 21公里/秒宽)在负和正速度相对于系统速度。这种吸收可以用潮汐尾的运动或环核盘的存在来解释。此外,我们提出了放射性连续图像,显示核(62.4 +/- 0.3 mJy)和核外发射(26.5 +/- 3.0 mJy)。核外成分非常分散,呈两个射电瓣的形状,总跨度为390千秒差距。这种辐射可能是活动星系核已经关闭的信号,也可能来自于恒星暴驱动的超级风。我们讨论了解释我们观测结果的可能情景,以及它们告诉我们的关于气体位置和NGC 34未来演化的信息。

英文摘要:

We present VLA observations of the neutral hydrogen and radio continuum of NGC 34 (= NGC 17 = Mrk 938). This object is an ideal candidate to study the fate of gas in mergers, since, as shown by an optical study done by Schweizer & Seitzer (2007), it is a gas-rich ("wet") merger remnant of two disk galaxies of unequal mass hosting a strong central starburst and a weak AGN. We detect HI emission from both tidal tails and from nearby galaxies, suggesting that NGC 34 is actually part of a gas-rich group and might have recently interacted with one of its companions. The kinematics of the gas suggests this remnant is forming an outer disk of neutral hydrogen from the gas of the northern tail. We also detect broad HI absorption (514 +/- 21 km/s wide) at both negative and positive velocities with respect to the systemic velocity. This absorption could be explained by the motions of the tidal tails or by the presence of a circumnuclear disk. In addition, we present radio-continuum images that show both nuclear (62.4 +/- 0.3 mJy) and extra-nuclear emission (26.5 +/- 3.0 mJy). The extra-nuclear component is very diffuse and in the shape of two radio lobes, spanning 390 kpc overall. This emission could be a signature of an AGN that has turned off, or it could originate from a starburst-driven superwind. We discuss the possible scenarios that explain our observations, and what they tell us about the location of the gas and the future evolution of NGC 34.

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