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室女座螺旋星系NGC 4330中多相ISM的冲压压力剥离和恒星形成

Ram pressure stripping of the multiphase ISM and star formation in the Virgo spiral galaxy NGC 4330

B. Vollmer, M. Soida, J. Braine, A. Abramson, R. Beck, A. Chung, H. H. Crowl, J. D. P. Kenney, J. H. van Gorkom

摘要:

研究表明,室女座螺旋星系NGC 4330在多个波长上显示出正在进行的冲压压力剥离的迹象:在相互作用的前沿,Halpha和尘埃消光曲线急剧地离开盘;在后缘,已经发现了一个长的Halpha/UV尾巴,它位于一个长的HI尾巴的上风。利用NGC 4330的IRAM 30 m、HERA CO(2-1)和VLA 6 cm射电连续谱观测,完成了多波长研究。这些数据被解释的动力学模型的帮助下,包括冲压压力,并首次,恒星形成。我们的最佳拟合模型再现定性观察到的投影位置,星系的径向速度,分子和原子的气体分布和速度场,和紫外线分布的区域中存在的气体尾巴。然而,在迎风面观察到的红色紫外线颜色目前还没有被模式重现。根据我们的模型,星系向北移动,仍然接近星团中心,最近的接近发生在~ 1亿年。与其他受冲压压力剥离影响的室女座螺旋星系相比,NGC 4330没有显示出偏振射电连续辐射的不对称脊。我们认为这是由于ISM相对缓慢的压缩和NGC 4330的特殊投影。我们的模型很好地再现了所观察到的HI和UV尾之间的偏移。由于坍缩和恒星形成的气体云与冲压压力风分离,因此发射紫外线的年轻恒星在其创建时具有气体的角动量。另一方面,气体不断地被冲压压力推动。在我们的动力学模型框架下讨论了多相ISM(分子、原子、电离)对冲压压力的反应(相变、恒星形成)。

英文摘要:

It has been shown that the Virgo spiral galaxy NGC 4330 shows signs of ongoing ram pressure stripping in multiple wavelengths: at the leading edge of the interaction, the Halpha and dust extinction curve sharply out of the disk; on the trailing side, a long Halpha/UV tail has been found which is located upwind of a long HI tail. We complete the multiwavelength study with IRAM 30m HERA CO(2-1) and VLA 6 cm radio continuum observations of NGC 4330. The data are interpreted with the help of a dynamical model including ram pressure and, for the first time, star formation. Our best-fit model reproduces qualitatively the observed projected position, radial velocity of the galaxy, the molecular and atomic gas distribution and velocity field, and the UV distribution in the region where a gas tail is present. However, the observed red UV color on the windward side is currently not reproduced by the model. Based on our model, the galaxy moves to the north and still approaches the cluster center with the closest approach occurring in ~100 Myr. In contrast to other Virgo spiral galaxies affected by ram pressure stripping, NGC 4330 does not show an asymmetric ridge of polarized radio continuum emission. We suggest that this is due to the relatively slow compression of the ISM and the particular projection of NGC 4330. The observed offset between the HI and UV tails is well reproduced by our model. Since collapsing and starforming gas clouds decouple from the ram pressure wind, the UV-emitting young stars have the angular momentum of the gas at the time of their creation. On the other hand, the gas is constantly pushed by ram pressure. The reaction (phase change, star formation) of the multiphase ISM (molecular, atomic, ionized) to ram pressure is discussed in the framework of our dynamical model.

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