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邻近星系NGC 4656及其候选星系TDG的运动学和物理性质

Kinematics and physical properties of the nearby galaxy NGC 4656 and its TDG candidate

N. Muñoz-Elgueta, S. Torres-Flores, P. Amram, J. A. Hernandez-Jimenez, F. Urrutia-Viscarra, C. Mendes de Oliveira, J. A. Gómez-López

摘要:

相互作用的星系为我们提供了一个极好的实验室,用于研究与这些过程相关的许多物理现象。本文对相互作用星系NGC 4656及其伴星系潮汐矮星系(TDG)候选星系NGC 4656 UV进行了光谱学和运动学分析。利用Fabry-Perot和GMOS的多缝观测数据,我们研究了NGC 4656 UV的可能起源。我们发现NGC 4656 UV具有较低的金属丰度(12+log(O/H)$\sim$ 8.2),符合正常矮星系的质量-金属丰度关系(MZR)。对于NGC 4656,我们估计了一个平坦的氧丰度梯度$β$ = -0.027 $\pm$ 0.029 dex kpc $^{-1}$,这表明存在由引力相互作用引起的气体流动。通过分析径向速度剖面和拟合观测速度场的运动学模型,我们证实了文献的结果,即NGC 4656由一个单一的机构,而不是两个对象。我们从NGC 4656的运动学模型中估计了$6.8^{1.8}_{-0.6}\times10^{9}$ M $_{\odot}$和R的动力学质量为12.1 kpc。虽然观测到的速度场在大尺度上以旋转为主(V $_{max}$ / $σ\gtrsim$ 2.8),但在小尺度上也存在重要的非旋转运动。基于这些新的结果,以及先前发表的信息,我们提出NGC 4656和4656 UV是一对相互作用的星系。NGC 4656 UV是NGC 4656的伴星,它没有潮汐起源。两者之间的相互作用可能触发了NGC 4656 UV的恒星形成,并增加了NGC 4656东北侧的恒星形成。

英文摘要:

Interacting galaxies provide us with an excellent laboratory for studying a number of physical phenomena associated with these processes. In this paper, we present a spectroscopic and kinematic analysis of the interacting galaxy NGC 4656 and its companion Tidal Dwarf Galaxy (TDG) candidate, NGC 4656UV. Using Fabry-Perot and GMOS multi-slit data, we investigated the possible origin of NGC 4656UV. We found that NGC 4656UV has a low metallicity (12+log(O/H)$\sim$8.2) and it follows the mass-metallicity relation (MZR) for normal dwarf galaxies. For NGC 4656, we estimated a flat oxygen abundance gradient of $β$ = -0.027$\pm$0.029 dex kpc$^{-1}$, which suggests the presence of gas flows induced by gravitational interactions. By analysing radial velocity profiles and by fitting a kinematic model of the observed velocity field, we confirm the literature result that NGC 4656 consists of one single body instead of two objects. We estimated a dynamical mass of $6.8^{1.8}_{-0.6}\times10^{9}$ M$_{\odot}$ and R of 12.1 kpc from the kinematic model of NGC 4656. Although the observed velocity field is dominated by rotation at large scales (V$_{max}$/$σ\gtrsim$2.8), important non-rotational motions are present at small scales. Based on these new results, and on previously published information, we propose that NGC 4656 and 4656UV are a pair of interacting galaxies. NGC 4656UV is a companion of NGC 4656 and it does not have a tidal origin. The interaction between the two could have triggered the star formation in NGC 4656UV and increased the star formation in the northeast side of NGC 4656.

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