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HI尾部的恒星形成:HCG 92、HCG 100和6个相互作用系统

Star formation in HI tails: HCG 92, HCG 100 and 6 interacting systems

D. F. de Mello, F. Urrutia-Viscarra, C. Mendes de Oliveira, S. Torres-Flores, E. R. Carrasco, E. Cypriano

摘要:

我们提出了新的双子光谱的14个新的对象内发现的HI尾希克森紧致群92和100。其中9个是GALEX远紫外和近紫外光源。光谱证实这些天体是致密群的成员,金属丰度接近太阳,平均值为12+log(O/H)~8.5。它们的平均FUV光度为7 x 10^40 erg/s,年龄非常年轻(<1亿年),其中两个类似于潮汐矮星系(TDG)候选者。我们认为,它们是在星系-星系相互作用过程中喷射到星系际介质中的气体云内产生的,这可以解释这些物体的高金属丰度,这是从气体起源的母星系继承的。我们在6个具有扩展HI尾的相互作用系统NGC 2623,NGC 3079,NGC 3359,NGC 3627,NGC 3718,NGC 4656中进行了类似天体的搜索。我们发现了35个年龄<1亿年的紫外线源,但它们中的大多数平均亮度/质量低于HCG 92和100附近发现的紫外线源。我们推测,这可能是一个环境效应,紧凑的星系群比其他相互作用的系统更有利于TDG的形成。

英文摘要:

We present new Gemini spectra of 14 new objects found within the HI tails of Hickson Compact Groups 92 and 100. Nine of them are GALEX Far-UV (FUV) and Near-UV (NUV) sources. The spectra confirm that these objects are members of the compact groups and have metallicities close to solar, with an average value of 12+log(O/H)~8.5. They have average FUV luminosities 7 x 10^40 erg/s, very young ages (< 100 Myr) and two of them resemble tidal dwarf galaxies (TDGs) candidates. We suggest that they were created within gas clouds that were ejected during galaxy-galaxy interactions into the intergalactic medium, which would explain the high metallicities of the objects, inherited from the parent galaxies from which the gas originated. We conduct a search for similar objects in 6 interacting systems with extended HI tails, NGC 2623, NGC 3079, NGC 3359, NGC 3627, NGC 3718, NGC 4656. We found 35 UV sources with ages < 100 Myr, however most of them are on average less luminous/massive than the UV sources found around HCG 92 and 100. We speculate that this might be an environmental effect and that compact groups of galaxies are more favorable to TDG formation than other interacting systems.

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