Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-11-05
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
20 pages, 5 tables, 14 Figures, Fig. 11 available at http://www.lafayette.edu/faculty/hoffmang, to appear in AJ February 1999
Scientific paper
10.1086/300718
Neutral hydrogen synthesis mapping of NGC 4532 and DDO 137, a pair of Sm galaxies on the edge of the Virgo cluster, is used to determine rotation curves for each of the galaxies and to resolve the structure and kinematics of three distinct HI concentrations embedded in an extended envelope of diffuse HI discovered in earlier Arecibo studies of the system. The HI masses of the three concentrations do not appear to be sufficient for them to be self-gravitating; however, their HImasses and dynamical masses are very similar to those of faint Im galaxies in the Virgo cluster. The peak HI column density of each of the clouds is close to the star formation threshold, but CCD images in B and R reveal no trace of stars nor star formation. If the system is gravitationally bound and in Virial equilibrium, we find its total mass to be ten times that within the outermost HI contours of the individual galaxies and clouds. Thirty-seven percent of the total HI lies outside the boundaries of the individual galaxies as determined by the VLA mapping; 28% cannot be ascribed to either galaxy nor to the discrete concentrations. One possible way to account for the velocity field and the large quantity of diffuse gas is to assume that DDO 137, the gas concentrations and other apparent tidal features are due to gas infall into clumps within the dark matter potential of the group, and that prior to the interaction the group consisted of an irregular galaxy (NGC 4532) and a large, star-poor HI cloud like HI 1225+01 (Giovanelli et al. 1991).
Connell B. M.
Hoffman Lyle G.
Lu Nanyao Y.
Salpeter Edwin E.
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