The structure of the inner eastern spiral arm of M83

Details The structure of the inner eastern spiral arm of M83 The structure of the inner eastern spiral arm of M83

Nov 1993

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Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 106, no. 5, p. 1812-1818

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

5

H Beta Line, Interplanetary Dust, Nonthermal Radiation, Radio Emission, Spatial Distribution, Spiral Galaxies, Astrometry, Charge Coupled Devices, Cosmic Rays, H Ii Regions, Imagery, Radio Observation, Supernovae, Very Large Array (Vla)

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The spatial distributions of dust, H-Beta, and nonthermal radio emission are studied in the inner eastern arm of M83 (NGC 5236) using Very Large Array (VLA) 20 cm continuum radio observations, a pure H-Beta image, and a red continuum CCD image. Contrary to the case in, e.g., M51 and M101, the radio continuum emission in the neighborhood of the giant H II complexes is dominantly nonthermal. Nonthermal radio emission is also found to correspond well with the dust lanes, especially in the bar near the nucleus where the radio continuum is bright and the dust lanes are nearly perpendicular to the galaxy rotation. However, farther out along the eastern spiral arm, this 'dust-lane' component of the nonthermal radio continuum fades, becoming overshadowed by a parallel ridge of strong nonthermal emission located well outside the dust lanes and following the general locus of the H II regions. We propose that this emission is mainly due to an enhanced density of cosmic rays from relatively recent supernovae, of which M83 is an unusually copious producer. Such an increase in the local cosmic ray density is also likely to be responsible for the enhanced CO emission in this region of the arm.

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