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中国科学院大学学报 ›› 2024, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 188-194.DOI: 10.7523/j.ucas.2022.040

• 数学与物理学 • 上一篇    下一篇

星暴矮星系NGC 5253周围的中性氢气体分布

沃佳怡1,2,3, 蔡肇伟3,4,5, 左沛6, 陈天禄1,2   

  1. 1 西藏大学 宇宙线教育部重点实验室, 拉萨 850000;
    2 西藏大学理学院物理系, 拉萨 850000;
    3 中国科学院国家天文台, 北京 100101;
    4 中国科学院大学天文与空间科学学院, 北京 101408;
    5 中国科学院FAST重点实验室, 北京 100101;
    6 北京大学科维理天文与天体物理研究所, 北京 100871
  • 收稿日期:2022-03-09 修回日期:2022-04-15 发布日期:2022-04-26
  • 通讯作者: 蔡肇伟,E-mail:cwtsai@nao.ac.cn;陈天禄,E-mail:chentl@utibet.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金 (12041302,11903003,11873005,12147218)资助

HI distribution in dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 5253

WO Jiayi1,2,3, TSAI Chao-Wei3,4,5, ZUO Pei6, CHEN Tianlu1,2   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Cosmic Rays of Ministry of Education, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China;
    2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Tibet University, Lhasa 850000, China;
    3. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    4. School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China;
    5. CAS Key Laboratory of FAST, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;
    6. Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2022-03-09 Revised:2022-04-15 Published:2022-04-26

摘要: 中性氢(HI)气体是恒星形成的基本物质,驱动着星系的演化。对于星暴矮星系NGC 5253,过去的研究利用射电干涉阵观测到的HI气体呈不对称分布,向东北方向延伸约7 kpc。这一延展结构可能表明NGC 5253与其附近的旋涡星系M 83之间存在动力学联系。为研究这两个星系之间可能存在的HI气体连接,从绿岸望远镜获得了射电L波段对NGC 5253周围的HI成图数据,探测到NGC 5253和M 83之间可能存在的7个HI气体云团。这些HI气体云团候选体主要分布在东北方向,由NGC 5253延展至距离超过60 kpc外。这些气体云团可能在触发矮星系NGC 5253剧烈的恒星形成活动中发挥重要作用。

关键词: 星系相互作用, 恒星形成, 中性氢气体, NGC 5253

Abstract: Neutral hydrogen (HI) gas is the fundamental material for star formation that drives the evolution of a galaxy. For starburst dwarf galaxy NGC 5253, previous study has observed HI gas distributed asymmetrically with ~7 kpc extension toward north-east direction using the radio interferometry. This extension is likely indicating the dynamical connection between NGC 5253 and its nearby spiral galaxy M 83. To investigate the possible HI bridge between these two galactic systems, we acquire the HI mapping data around NGC 5253 in radio L-band from the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. We have detected the 7 possible HI gas clouds between NGC 5253 and M 83. These HI gas cloud candidates distribute mainly in the north-east direction extending over 60 kpc from NGC 5253. These clouds could play an important role in triggering intensive star formation activity in the dwarf galaxy NGC 5253.

Key words: galaxy interaction, star formation, neutral hydrogen gas, NGC 5253

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