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一条100千秒差距的冲压压力尾迹尾随群星系NGC 2276

A 100 kpc Ram Pressure Tail Trailing the Group Galaxy NGC 2276

I. D. Roberts, R. J. van Weeren, F. de Gasperin, A. Botteon, H. W. Edler, A. Ignesti, L. Matijević, N. Tomičić

AI总结:

本文在群星系NGC 2276后方发现100千秒差距的低频射电尾迹,通过多频谱老化拟合确认其为冲压压力剥离所致,并独立测得该星系三维轨道速度约970 km/s,与已有估计一致。

摘要:

我们报告在邻近群星系NGC 2276后方发现了一条100千秒差距的低频射电尾迹。该尾迹的延伸范围比此前由更高频射电和X射线成像所报告的大一个数量级。星系盘和尾迹的射电形态表明,这条尾迹是由冲压压力剥离产生的,从而巩固了NGC 2276作为低质量星系群中已知最清晰的冲压压力剥离实例的地位。利用多频成像,我们提取了沿尾迹投影距离在约50 MHz至1.2 GHz之间的射电连续谱。所有谱均可由同步辐射和逆康普顿损失导致的谱老化简单模型很好地拟合。根据这些拟合,我们估计被剥离等离子体在天空平面上的速度为870 km/s,NGC 2276的三维轨道速度为970 km/s。尽管我们采用的是一种完全独立的方法,但所推导出的轨道速度与Rasmussen等人先前的估计高度一致。

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of a 100 kpc low-frequency radio tail behind the nearby group galaxy, NGC 2276. The extent of this tail is a factor of ten larger than previously reported from higher-frequency radio and X-ray imaging. The radio morphology of the galaxy disc and tail suggest that the tail was produced via ram-pressure stripping, cementing NGC 2276 as the clearest known example of ram-pressure stripping in a low-mass group. With multi-frequency imaging, we extract radio continuum spectra between ~50 MHz and 1.2 GHz as a function of projected distance along the tail. All of the spectra are well fit by a simple model of spectral ageing due to synchrotron and inverse-Compton losses. From these fits we estimate a velocity of 870 km/s for the stripped plasma across the plane of the sky, and a three-dimensional orbital velocity of 970 km/s for NGC 2276. The orbital speed that we derive is in excellent agreement with the previous estimate from Rasmussen et al., despite it being derived with a completely independent methodology.

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