Starburst in HS 0822+3542 induced by the very blue LSB dwarf SAO 0822+3545

Details Starburst in HS 0822+3542 induced by the very blue LSB dwarf SAO 0822+3545 Starburst in HS 0822+3542 induced by the very blue LSB dwarf SAO 0822+3545

2003-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307556v1

Astron.Astrophys.409:917-932,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

17 pages, 9 figures, accepted to A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20031230

(Abridged). One of the most metal-deficient blue compact galaxies (BCGs) HS 0822+3542 (Z=1/34 Zsun), is also one of the nearest such objects. A trigger mechanism for its current SF burst has remained unclear. We report the discovery of a very blue ((B-V)tot=0.08 and (V-R)tot=0.14) LSB (mu_B^0 > 23.4 arcsec^-2) dwarf irregular (dIrr) galaxy, named SAO 0822+3545. Its small relative velocity and projected distance of ~11 kpc from the BCG imply their physical association. For this LSB galaxy, we present spectroscopic results, total B,V,R magnitudes, the effective radii and surface brightness (SB), and we describe its morphological properties. We compare the very blue colours of this dwarf with PEGASE.2 models of the colour evolution of a Z=1/20 Zsun stellar population, and combine this analysis with the data on the LSBD EW(Ha) values. The models best describing all available observational data depend on the relative fraction of massive stars in the IMF used. For a Salpeter IMF with Mup = 120 Msun, the best model includes a "young" single stellar population (SSP) with an age of ~10 Myr and an "old" SSP with the age of ~0.2--10 Gyr. The mass ratio of the old to young components should be in the range of 10 to 30. The role of interaction in triggering the galaxies major SF episodes during the last ~100-200 Myr is discussed. For the BCG, based on the spectroscopy with the 6m telescope, we estimate the physical parameters of its SF region and present the first evidence of an ionized gas supershell. This pair of dwarfs lies deep within the nearby Lynx-Cancer void, with the nearest bright (L > L*) galaxies at distances > 3 Mpc. This is probably one of the main factors responsible for the unevolved state of HS 0822+3542.

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