Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-05-24
Astron.Lett. 29 (2003) 429-436
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Astronomy Letters
Scientific paper
10.1134/1.1589860
We discuss the integrated kinematic parameters of 20 M51-type binary galaxies. A comparison of the orbital masses of the galaxies with the sum of the individual masses suggests that moderately massive dark halos surround bright spiral galaxies. The relative velocities of the galaxies in binary systems were found to decrease with increasing relative luminosity of the satellite. We obtained evidence that the Tully-Fisher relation for binary members could be flatter than that for local field galaxies. An enhanced star formation rate in the binary members may be responsible for this effect. In most binary systems, the direction of orbital motion of the satellite coincides with the direction of rotation of the main galaxy. Seven candidates for distant M51-type objects were found in the Northern and Southern Hubble Deep Fields. A comparison of this number with the statistics of nearby galaxies provides evidence for the rapid evolution of the space density of M51-type galaxies with redshift Z. We assume that M51-type binary systems could be formed through the capture of a satellite by a massive spiral galaxy. It is also possible that the main galaxy and its satellite in some of the systems have a common cosmological origin.
Klimanov S. A.
Reshetnikov V. P.
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