Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-03-04
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
25 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ
Scientific paper
We present the spatial distributions of dust and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the elliptical galaxy NGC4125, revealed by AKARI and Spitzer. NGC4125 is relatively bright in the dust and the PAH emision for elliptical galaxies, although it certainly possesses diffuse interstellar hot plasma indicated by the high spatial resolution X-ray data of Chandra. We investigate how the dust and PAHs interact with the X-ray plasma or avoid the interaction by comparing their spatial distributions. We find that the distributions of the PAHs and dust are different from each other, both showing a significant deviation from a smooth stellar distribution. The PAH emission predominantly comes from a dust lane, a compact dense molecular gas region in the galactic center, where the PAHs are likely to have been protected from the interaction with the X-ray plasma. The dust emission has more extended structures similar to the distribution of the X-ray plasma, suggesting their interaction to some extent. We also discuss a possible origin of the dust and PAHs in the galaxy.
Ishihara Daisuke
Kaneda Hidehiro
Mori Tatsuya
Onaka Takashi
Oyabu Shinki
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