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从HST成像确定到SHIELD Galerkin的距离

Distance Determinations to SHIELD Galaxies from HST Imaging

Kristen. B. W. McQuinn, John M. Cannon, Andrew E. Dolphin, Evan D. Skillman, John J. Salzer, Martha P. Haynes, Elizabeth Adams, Ian Cave, Ed C. Elson, Riccardo … 展开作者

Kristen. B. W. McQuinn, John M. Cannon, Andrew E. Dolphin, Evan D. Skillman, John J. Salzer, Martha P. Haynes, Elizabeth Adams, Ian Cave, Ed C. Elson, Riccardo Giovanelli, Juërgen Ott, Amélie Saintonge

摘要:

极低质量矮星系中的HI巡天(SHIELD)是一个正在进行的多波长计划,旨在表征富含气体的极低质量星系中的气体,恒星形成和演化。这些星系是根据它们的低HI质量和低重子质量,从HI ALUCHFA调查的前10%中选出的,所有系统都有最近的恒星形成。因此,SHIELD样本探测了恒星形成星系的星系光度函数的暗淡端。在这里,我们测量的距离12 SHIELD星系之间的5-12 Mpc的红巨星的方法应用到解决恒星星族的哈勃太空望远镜成像。基于这些距离,样品中的HI质量范围为$4\times10^6$至$6\times10^7$ M $_{\odot}$,中位HI质量为$1\times10^7$ M $_{\odot}$。TRGB的距离比ALCARFA目录中的流动模型估计的距离远73%。由于流模型距离的不确定性相对较大,我们倾向于从ALGOFA星表中选择星系,其中流模型低估了真实距离。测量的距离允许评估样本成员周围的原生环境。其中五个星系属于NGC 672和NGC 784星系群,它们共同构成了一个单一的结构。一个星系是一个更大的线性集合的一部分,该集合由9个系统组成,从一端到另一端延伸1.6 Mpc。两个星系位于有1-4个邻居的区域,四个星系是真正孤立的,在1 Mpc的半径内没有已知的系统。

英文摘要:

The Survey of HI in Extremely Low-mass Dwarf galaxies (SHIELD) is an on-going multi-wavelength program to characterize the gas, star formation, and evolution in gas-rich, very low-mass galaxies. The galaxies were selected from the first ~10% of the HI ALFALFA survey based on their inferred low HI mass and low baryonic mass, and all systems have recent star formation. Thus, the SHIELD sample probes the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function for star-forming galaxies. Here, we measure the distances to the 12 SHIELD galaxies to be between 5-12 Mpc by applying the tip of the red giant method to the resolved stellar populations imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. Based on these distances, the HI masses in the sample range from $4\times10^6$ to $6\times10^7$ M$_{\odot}$, with a median HI mass of $1\times10^7$ M$_{\odot}$. The TRGB distances are up to 73% farther than flow-model estimates in the ALFALFA catalog. Because of the relatively large uncertainties of flow model distances, we are biased towards selecting galaxies from the ALFALFA catalog where the flow model underestimates the true distances. The measured distances allow for an assessment of the native environments around the sample members. Five of the galaxies are part of the NGC 672 and NGC 784 groups, which together constitute a single structure. One galaxy is part of a larger linear ensemble of 9 systems that stretches 1.6 Mpc from end to end. Two galaxies reside in regions with 1-4 neighbors, and four galaxies are truly isolated with no known system identified within a radius of 1 Mpc.

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