Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-07-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
The central star-forming region in a blue compact dwarf galaxy, II Zw 40, was observed in the 340 GHz ($880 \micron$) band at $\sim 5$ arcsec (250 pc) resolution with the Submillimetre Array (SMA). A source associated with the central star-forming complex was detected with a flux of $13.6\pm 2.0$ mJy. The structure is more extended than the beam in the east-west direction. The SMA 880 $\micron$ flux is analyzed by using theoretical models of radio spectral energy distribution along with centimetre interferometric measurements in the literature. We find (i) that the SMA 880 $\micron$ flux is dominated ($\sim 75$ per cent) by free-free emission from the central compact star-forming region, and (ii) that the contribution from dust emission to the SMA 880 $\micron$ flux is at most $4\pm 2.5$ mJy. We also utilize our models to derive the radio--FIR relation of the II Zw 40 centre, suggesting that free-free absorption at low frequencies ($\nu\la$ several GHz; $\lambda\ga$ several cm) and spatial extent of dust affect the radio-FIR relation.
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