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对一颗蓝莓星系的HI成像表明其起源于并合

HI Imaging of a Blueberry Galaxy Suggests a Merger Origin

Saili Dutta, Apurba Bera, Omkar Bait, Chaitra A. Narayan, Biny Sebastian, Sravani Vaddi

AI总结:

利用GMRT对蓝莓星系J1509+3731进行HI 21厘米成像,发现其高恒星形成效率及约2 kpc的气体—光学中心偏移,支持并合触发星暴并导致Lyα与莱曼连续谱光子泄漏。

摘要:

蓝莓星系(BBs)是绿豌豆星系中更暗、质量更小且红移更低的对应天体。它们被认为是高红移莱曼α(Lyα)发射体最近的类似物。我们报告了利用巨米波射电望远镜(GMRT)对红移z=0.03259的蓝莓星系J1509+3731的HI 21厘米发射进行的干涉成像。我们发现这颗蓝莓星系的HI质量为M_HI≈3×10^8 M⊙,HI与恒星质量之比M_HI/M_*≈2.4。利用Hβ发射线得到的恒星形成率(SFR)估计,我们发现它具有约0.2 Gyr的较短HI耗竭时间尺度,这表明与当今宇宙中典型的恒星形成星系相比,其恒星形成效率显著更高。有趣的是,我们发现HI 21厘米发射的峰值与光学中心之间存在约2 kpc的偏移,这表明过去曾发生过并合事件。我们的研究强调了并合在触发BBs星暴中的重要作用,以及它们在莱曼α和莱曼连续谱光子可能泄漏中的作用,这与此前关于BB星系的研究一致。

英文摘要:

Blueberry galaxies (BBs) are fainter, less massive, and lower redshift counterparts of the Green pea galaxies. They are thought to be the nearest analogues of the high redshift Lyman Alpha (Ly$α$) emitters. We report the interferometric imaging of HI 21 cm emission from a Blueberry galaxy, J1509+3731, at redshift, z = 0.03259, using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We find that this Blueberry galaxy has an HI mass of $M_{\text{HI}} \approx 3\times 10^8 \, M_{\odot}$ and an HI-to-stellar mass ratio $M_{\text{HI}}/M_* \approx$ 2.4. Using SFR estimates from the H$β$ emission line, we find that it has a short HI depletion time scale of $\approx 0.2$ Gyr, which indicates a significantly higher star-formation efficiency compared to typical star-forming galaxies at the present epoch. Interestingly, we find an offset of $\approx 2$ kpc between the peak of the HI 21 cm emission and the optical centre which suggests a merger event in the past. Our study highlights the important role of mergers in triggering the starburst in BBs and their role in the possible leakage of Lyman-$α$ and Lyman-continuum photons which is consistent with the previous studies on BB galaxies.

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