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发现极贫金属星系DDO 68的富气体伴星

Discovery of a Gas-Rich Companion to the Extremely Metal-Poor Galaxy DDO 68

John M. Cannon, Megan Johnson, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Erik D. Alfvin, Jeremy Bailin, H. Alyson Ford, Léo Girardi, Alec S. Hirschauer, Steven Janowiecki, John J.… 展开作者

John M. Cannon, Megan Johnson, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, Erik D. Alfvin, Jeremy Bailin, H. Alyson Ford, Léo Girardi, Alec S. Hirschauer, Steven Janowiecki, John J. Salzer, Angela Van Sistine, Andrew Dolphin, E. C. Elson, Baerbel Koribalski, Paola Marigo, Jessica L. Rosenberg, Philip Rosenfield, Evan D. Skillman, Aparna Venkatesan, Steven R. Warren

摘要:

我们提出了HI光谱线成像的极端贫金属星系DDO 68。这个系统的星云氧丰度只有3% Z $_{\odot}$,使其成为当地体积中已知的最缺乏金属的星系之一。令人惊讶的是,DDO 68是一个相对巨大和明亮的星系,因为它的金属含量,使它成为质量-金属丰度和光度-金属丰度关系中的一个重要异常值。DDO 68中氧丰度如此之低的起源对星系化学演化的模型提出了挑战。这个问题的一个可能的解决方案是原始中性气体的下落,可能是在引力相互作用期间引发的。利用卡尔G。Jansky超大型阵列,我们发现了DDO 68的一个以前未知的伴星。这种低质量(M $_{\rm HI}$ $=$ 2.8 $\times$ 10 $^{7}$ M $_{\odot}$),最近恒星形成(SFR $_{\rm FUV}$ $=$ 1.4 $\times$ 10 $^{-3}$ M $_{\odot}$ yr $^{-1}$,SFR $_{\rm Hα}$ $<$ 7 $\times$ 10 $^{-5}$ M $_{\odot}$ yr $^{-1}$)伴随器械的体循环速度与DDO 68相同(V $_{\rm sys}$ $=$ 506 km s $^{-1}$ ; D $=$ 12.74 $\pm$ 0.27 Mpc),投影距离为42 kpc。用100米Robert C.伯德格林班克望远镜提供的证据表明DDO 68和这颗伴星目前正在引力作用下相互作用。低表面亮度的HI气体在这些物体之间形成了一座桥梁。

英文摘要:

We present HI spectral-line imaging of the extremely metal-poor galaxy DDO 68. This system has a nebular oxygen abundance of only 3% Z$_{\odot}$, making it one of the most metal-deficient galaxies known in the local volume. Surprisingly, DDO 68 is a relatively massive and luminous galaxy for its metal content, making it a significant outlier in the mass-metallicity and luminosity-metallicity relationships. The origin of such a low oxygen abundance in DDO 68 presents a challenge for models of the chemical evolution of galaxies. One possible solution to this problem is the infall of pristine neutral gas, potentially initiated during a gravitational interaction. Using archival HI spectral-line imaging obtained with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array, we have discovered a previously unknown companion of DDO 68. This low-mass (M$_{\rm HI}$ $=$ 2.8$\times$10$^{7}$ M$_{\odot}$), recently star-forming (SFR$_{\rm FUV}$ $=$ 1.4$\times$10$^{-3}$ M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$, SFR$_{\rm Hα}$ $<$ 7$\times$10$^{-5}$ M$_{\odot}$ yr$^{-1}$) companion has the same systemic velocity as DDO 68 (V$_{\rm sys}$ $=$ 506 km s$^{-1}$; D $=$ 12.74$\pm$0.27 Mpc) and is located at a projected distance of 42 kpc. New HI maps obtained with the 100m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope provide evidence that DDO 68 and this companion are gravitationally interacting at the present time. Low surface brightness HI gas forms a bridge between these objects.

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