Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-07-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
21 pages, 7 figures. Produced with AASTeX 5.2 To appear in November 2004 Astronomical Journal
Scientific paper
10.1086/424613
We have used the Very Large Array aperture synthesis telescope to conduct a radio continuum survey of polar-ring galaxies, at 20cm and 6cm. Forty objects were observed at 20cm with 5" resolution. Twenty (50%) of the program sources were detected at 20cm, down to our 5-sigma limit of 0.5 mJy/beam. This detection rate is similar to those in surveys with comparable sensitivity for early-type galaxies without polar rings. Sixteen of the objects we detected at 20cm were also observed at 6cm. We show radio continuum maps for the five objects in our sample that have noticeably extended emission. Our spatial resolution was sufficient to distinguish between emission originating in the host galaxy from that in the polar ring. The radio morphology of the extended sources, as well as the radio to far-infrared flux ratio and the radio spectral indices of our detected sources, indicate that star formation, not nuclear activity, is the dominant source of the radio continuum emission in polar-ring galaxies. However, the implied star-formation rates are modest, and only one of our sample galaxies will consume its supply of cool gas within 500 Myr.
Cox Andrea L.
Sparke Linda S.
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