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近邻星系及其环境的光晕(HERON)巡天IV:盒状星系NGC 720和NGC 2768中的复杂性

The Halos and Environments of Nearby Galaxies (HERON) Survey IV: Complexity in the boxy galaxies NGC 720 and NGC 2768

Andreas J. Koch-Hansen, Anna Pasquali, R. Michael Rich, Ortwin Gerhard, Oliver Müller

AI总结:

基于深度成像发现NGC 720和NGC 2768具有强烈盒状形态,并识别出并合前身候选体Pelops及潮汐流证据,揭示其复杂形成历史。

摘要:

星系的形状,特别是其外部区域,是它们形成和演化的重要标志。在此,我们报告了通过深度成像在通常已被充分研究的椭圆星系和透镜星系NGC 720和NGC 2768中发现了强烈的盒状形态。这种盒状特征在两个天体的形状参数$A_4/a$中强烈体现,其值为$-0.04$,并且还观察到等照度线的显著中心偏移,约为2--4千秒差距。文献中常提及的这种不对称性的一个原因是并合起源,尽管此类案例的数量仍然稀少,且各个盒状天体的具体性质高度多样。实际上,对于NGC 2768,我们在残差图像中识别出一个前身候选体(称为Pelops),它似乎是一个正在与NGC 2768并合的矮卫星。在其绝对星等M_r为$-12.2$等时,相应的Sersic半径为2.4千秒差距,比文献中典型的矮星系更为延展。然而,已知在潮汐瓦解系统中的半径会系统地偏大。这一发现得到了档案GALEX数据中一个疑似潮汐流结构的支持。最后,这个迷人的宿主星系中的进一步结构包括丰富的尘埃带和一个残留的X形核球成分。

英文摘要:

The shapes of galaxies, in particular their outer regions, are important guideposts to their formation and evolution. Here we report on the discovery of strongly box-shaped morphologies of the, otherwise well-studied, elliptical and lenticular galaxies NGC 720 and NGC 2768 from deep imaging. The boxiness is strongly manifested in the shape parameter $A_4/a$ of $-0.04$ in both objects, and also significant center shifts of the isophotes of $\sim$ 2--4 kpc are seen. One reason for such asymmetries commonly stated in the literature is a merger origin, although the number of such cases is still sparse and the exact properties of the individual boxy objects is highly diverse. Indeed, for NGC 2768, we identify a progenitor candidate (dubbed Pelops) in the residual images, which appears to be a dwarf satellite that is currently merging with NGC 2768. At its absolute magnitude of M$_r$ of $-$12.2 mag, the corresponding Sersic radius of 2.4 kpc is more extended than those of typical dwarf galaxies from the literature. However, systematically larger radii are known to occur in systems that are in tidal disruption. This finding is bolstered by the presence of a tentative tidal stream feature on archival GALEX data. Finally, further structures in the fascinating host galaxy comprise rich dust lanes and a vestigial X-shaped bulge component.

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