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BST1047 +1156:狮子座I群中的一个非常弥散和富含气体的天体

BST1047+1156: An extremely diffuse and gas-rich object in the Leo I Group

J. Christopher Mihos, Christopher T. Carr, Aaron E. Watkins, Tom Oosterloo, Paul Harding

摘要:

本文报道了在Leo~I星系群附近的河外HI云中探测到的漫射星光。我们检测源,被称为BST 1047 +1156,在宽带光学和GALEX紫外光。它的半径约为2千秒差距,表面亮度峰值为$μ_B$ =28.8 mag/arcsec $^2$,使其成为有史以来通过积分光探测到的表面亮度最低的天体。虽然该天体的气体含量非常丰富,气体含量为$f_g$ =0.99,但它的HI柱密度峰值远低于通常在星系中观察到的恒星形成水平。尽管如此,BST 1047 +1156还是显示了年轻恒星星族的证据:除了检测到的紫外线辐射,该天体是极蓝色的,B-V=0.14 $\pm$ 0.09。该天体有两个潮汐尾,被发现嵌入在连接螺旋星系M96和扩展的HI狮子座环的扩散气体中。BST 1047 +1156的性质尚不清楚。它可能是一颗扰乱性的潮汐矮星,最近在狮子座I群的潮汐碎片中引发的恒星形成中产生。或者,该物体可能是一个预先存在的星系--迄今为止已知的富含气体的领域LSB的最极端的例子--最近在集团环境中遇到触发了恒星形成的爆发。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of diffuse starlight in an extragalactic HI cloud in the nearby Leo~I galaxy group. We detect the source, dubbed BST1047+1156, in both broadband optical and GALEX ultraviolet light. Spanning ~ 2 kpc in radius, it has a peak surface brightness of $μ_B$=28.8 mag/arcsec$^2$, making it the lowest surface brightness object ever detected via integrated light. Although the object is extremely gas-rich, with a gas fraction of $f_g$=0.99, its peak HI column density is well below levels where star formation is typically observed in galaxies. Nonetheless, BST1047+1156 shows evidence for young stellar populations: along with the detected UV emission, the object is extremely blue, with B-V=0.14$\pm$0.09. The object sports two tidal tails and is found embedded within diffuse gas connecting the spiral galaxy M96 to the group's extended HI Leo Ring. The nature of BST1047+1156 is unclear. It could be a disrupting tidal dwarf, recently spawned from star formation triggered in the Leo I Group's tidal debris. Alternatively, the object may have been a pre-existing galaxy --- the most extreme example of a gas-rich field LSB known to date --- which had a recent burst of star formation triggered by encounters in the group environment.

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