Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-07-11
Astron.Astrophys.413:73-90,2004
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
19 pages, 15 figures (most of them at low resolution to save space). Accepted for publication in A&A. Version with full-resolu
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20031049
We present emission line mapping of the strongly barred galaxy NGC 1530 obtained from Fabry-Perot interferometry in Halpha, at significantly enhanced angular resolution compared with published studies. The main point of the work is to examine in detail the non-circular components of the velocity field of the gas, presumably induced by the strongly non-axisymmetric gravitational potential of the bar. These reveal quasi-elliptical motions with speeds of order 100 km/s aligned with the bar. It also shows how these flows swing in towards and around the nucleus as they cross a circumnuclear resonance, from the dominant "x1 orbits" outside the resonance to "x2 orbits" within it. Comparing cross-sections of the residual velocity map along and across the bar with the Halpha intensity map indicates a systematic offset between regions of high non-circular velocity and massive star formation. To investigate further we produce velocity gradient maps along and across the bar. These illustrate very nicely the shear compression of the gas, revealed by the location of the dust lanes along loci of maximum velocity gradient perpendicular to the bar. They also show clearly how shear acts to inhibit massive star formation, whereas shocks act to enhance it. Although the inhibiting effect of gas shear flow on star formation has long been predicted, this is the clearest observational illustration so far of the effect. It is also the clearest evidence that dust picks out shock-induced inflow along bars. These observations should be of considerable interest to those modelling massive star formation in general.
Beckman John E.
Knapen Johan H.
Relaño Mónica
Zurita Almudena
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