Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-06-09
Astrophys.J. 613 (2004) 866-885
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted by Astrophysical Journal. 16 pages, 15 figures, including 9 in low-resolution jpg format. Higher resolution postscrip
Scientific paper
10.1086/423191
We describe the various Halpha morphologies of Virgo Cluster and isolated spiral galaxies, and associate the Halpha morphologies with the types of environmental interactions which have altered the cluster galaxies. The spatial distributions of Halpha and R-band emission are used to divide the star formation morphologies of the 52 Virgo Cluster spirals into several categories: normal (37%), anemic (6%), enhanced (6%), and (spatially) truncated (52%). Truncated galaxies are further subdivided based on their inner star formation rates into truncated/normal (37%), truncated/compact (6%), truncated/anemic (8%), and truncated/enhanced (2%). The fraction of anemic galaxies is relatively small (6-13%) in both environments, suggesting that starvation is not a major factor in the reduced star formation rates of Virgo spirals. The majority of Virgo spiral galaxies have their Halpha disks truncated (52%), whereas truncated Halpha disks are rarer in isolated galaxies (12%). Most of the Halpha-truncated galaxies have relatively undisturbed stellar disks and normal-to-slightly enhanced inner disk star formation rates, suggesting that ICM-ISM stripping is the main mechanism causing the reduced star formation rates of Virgo spirals. In other galaxies, the Halpha morphologies are more consistent with a tidal origin or perhaps outer cluster HI accretion. These results indicate that most Virgo spiral galaxies experience ICM-ISM stripping, many experience significant tidal effects, and many experience both. (abridged).
Kenney Jeffrey D. P.
Koopmann Rebecca A.
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