Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-09-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To appear in AJ, Dec. 2003
Scientific paper
10.1086/379302
A new installment of neutral hydrogen mappings of Blue Compact Dwarf galaxies, as defined by optical morphology, in and near the Virgo cluster is presented. The primary motivation was to search for outlying clouds of HI as potential interactive triggers of the enhanced star formation, and therefore the mapped galaxies were selected for large HI} mass, large optical diameter, and large velocity profile width. Approximately half the sample proved to have one or more small, low column density star-free companion clouds, either detached or appearing as an appendage in our maps, at resolution of order 4 kpc. Comparison is made to a sample of similarly mapped field BCD galaxies drawn from the literature; however, the Virgo cluster sample of mapped BCDs is still too small for conclusive comparisons to be made. We found, on the one hand, little or no evidence for ram pressure stripping nor, on the other, for extremely extended low column density HI envelopes. The HI rotation curves in most cases rise approximately linearly, and slowly, as far out as we can trace the gas.
Brosch Noah
Carle Nathan J.
Hoffman Lyle G.
Salpeter Edwin E.
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