A Multiwavelength View at the Heart of the Superwind in NGC 253

Details A Multiwavelength View at the Heart of the Superwind in NGC 253 A Multiwavelength View at the Heart of the Superwind in NGC 253

1999-08-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9908048v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

26 pages, Latex, 6 figures, 4 tables, submitted to MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03120.x

Here we present new optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope of the NGC 253 central region, which reveal numerous discrete sources in a ring--like structure. This is combined with data at infrared, millimeter, radio and X-ray wavelengths to examine the nature of these discrete sources and the nucleus itself. We find that the majority of optical/IR/mm sources are young star clusters which trace out a ~50 pc ring, that defines the inner edge of a cold gas torus. This reservoir of cold gas has probably been created by gas inflow from a larger scale bar and deposited at the inner Lindblad resonance. The family of compact radio sources lie interior to the starburst ring, and in general do not have optical or IR counterparts. They are mostly SNRs. The radio nucleus, which is probably an AGN, lies near the centre of the ring. The X-ray emission from the nuclear source is extended in the ROSAT HRI detector indicating that not all of the X-ray emission can be associated with the AGN. The lack of X-ray variability and the flat radio spectrum of the nucleus, argues against an ultraluminous SN as the dominant energetic source at the galaxy core. The diffuse emission associated with the outflowing superwind is present in the central region on a size scale consistent with the idea of collimation by the gas torus.

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