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HI沿M82短轴的运动

HI Kinematics Along The Minor Axis of M82

Paul Martini, Adam K. Leroy, Jeffrey G. Mangum, Alberto Bolatto, Katie M. Keating, Karin Sandstrom, Fabian Walter

摘要:

M82是宇宙中研究得最好的星暴星系之一,因此是研究恒星形成反馈的基准。我们提出了新的VLA HI观测,揭示了冷气体运动沿短轴前所未有的细节。这包括沿向南的短轴探测到高达10千秒差距的HI,以及向北探测到超过5千秒差距的HI。这些观测结果的一个令人惊讶的方面是,视线HI速度从中平面1.5到10 kpc从大约120 km/s大幅下降到50 km/s。速度分布与来自热风的HI气体冷却不一致。我们证明,速度的降低是远远大于预期的减速从引力单独。如果HI由连续的冷云组成,则必须存在一些附加的拖曳力,并且拖曳力的大小对环境介质与典型云的大小和密度的比率施加联合约束。我们还表明,HI的运动学是不一致的一个简单的锥形外流中心的核心,而是需要更广泛的发射的HI超过~1千秒差距的范围内的星爆区域。不管HI气体的发射机制如何,观测到的沿短轴的速度下降足够大,HI可能无法逃离M82的晕。我们估计HI流出率远小于每年1 M $_{\odot}$(在中平面10 kpc处)。

英文摘要:

M82 is one of the best studied starburst galaxies in the local universe, and is consequently a benchmark for studying star formation feedback at both low and high redshift. We present new VLA HI observations that reveal the cold gas kinematics along the minor axis in unprecedented detail. This includes the detection of HI up to 10 kpc along the minor axis toward the South and beyond 5 kpc to the North. A surprising aspect of these observations is that the line-of-sight HI velocity decreases substantially from about 120 km/s to 50 km/s from 1.5 to 10 kpc off the midplane. The velocity profile is not consistent with the HI gas cooling from the hot wind. We demonstrate that the velocity decrease is substantially greater than the deceleration expected from gravitational forces alone. If the HI consists of a continuous population of cold clouds, some additional drag force must be present, and the magnitude of the drag force places a joint constraint on the ratio of the ambient medium to the typical cloud size and density. We also show that the HI kinematics are inconsistent with a simple conical outflow centered on the nucleus, but instead require the more widespread launch of the HI over the ~1 kpc extent of the starburst region. Regardless of the launch mechanism for the HI gas, the observed velocity decrease along the minor axis is sufficiently great that the HI may not escape the halo of M82. We estimate the HI outflow rate is much less than 1 M$_{\odot}$ per year at 10 kpc off the midplane.

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