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极核隆起和极核盘:NGC 4698病例

Polar bulges and polar nuclear discs: the case of NGC 4698

E. M. Corsini, J. Méndez-Abreu, N. Pastorello, E. Dalla Bontà, L. Morelli, A. Beifiori, A. Pizzella, F. Bertola

摘要:

早型螺旋星系NGC 4698拥有一个由气体和恒星组成的核盘,它相对于星系主盘垂直旋转。此外,突出部分和主盘的特点是显著的几何解耦。他们彼此之间,似乎有着千丝万缕的联系。在这项工作中,星系的复杂结构的光学和近红外图像的详细光度分解进行了研究。隆起的内在形状受到其表观椭圆率、相对于主盘长轴的扭曲角以及主盘倾角的限制。隆起实际上是垂直于主盘拉长的,它同样可能是三轴或轴对称的。假设核盘无限薄且呈指数分布,导出核盘的中心面亮度、刻度长度、倾角和位置角。它的大小、方向和位置不依赖于观察到的通带。这些研究结果支持这样一种情况,即核盘是通过在垂直于其最短轴和垂直于星系主盘的主平面上预先存在的三轴凸起获得外部气体的最终结果。随后的恒星形成要么均匀地发生在整个核盘的延伸范围内,要么通过一个由内而外的过程,在5 Gyr前结束。

英文摘要:

The early-type spiral NGC 4698 is known to host a nuclear disc of gas and stars which is rotating perpendicularly with respect to the galaxy main disc. In addition, the bulge and main disc are characterised by a remarkable geometrical decoupling. Indeed they appear elongated orthogonally to each other. In this work the complex structure of the galaxy is investigated by a detailed photometric decomposition of optical and near-infrared images. The intrinsic shape of the bulge was constrained from its apparent ellipticity, its twist angle with respect to the major axis of the main disc, and the inclination of the main disc. The bulge is actually elongated perpendicular to the main disc and it is equally likely to be triaxial or axisymmetric. The central surface brightness, scalelength, inclination, and position angle of the nuclear disc were derived by assuming it is infinitesimally thin and exponential. Its size, orientation, and location do not depend on the observed passband. These findings support a scenario in which the nuclear disc is the end result of the acquisition of external gas by the pre-existing triaxial bulge on the principal plane perpendicular to its shortest axis and perpendicular to the galaxy main disc. The subsequent star formation either occurred homogeneously all over the extension of the nuclear disc or through an inside-out process that ended more than 5 Gyr ago.

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