HI Observations of Interacting Galaxy Pair NGC 4038/9

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2001-04-25

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0104398v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 326 (2001) 578

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

22 pages, 8 figures, Accepted by MNRAS (April 2001)

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04588.x

We present the results of new radio interferometer HI line observations for the merging galaxy pair NGC 4038/9 (`The Antennae'), obtained using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The results improve substantially on those of van der Hulst (1979) and show in detail the two merging galactic disks and the two tidal tails produced by their interaction. The small edge-on spiral dwarf galaxy ESO 572-G045 is also seen near the tip of the southern tail, but distinct from it. It shows no signs of tidal interaction. The northern tidal tail of the Antennae shows no HI connection to the disks and has an extension towards the west. The southern tidal tail is continuous, with a prominent HI concentration at its tip, roughly at the location of the tidal dwarf galaxy observed optically by Mirabel, Dottori & Lutz (1992). Clear velocity structure is seen along the tidal tails and in the galactic disks. Radio continuum images at 20-cm and 13-cm are also presented, showing the disks in detail.

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