Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-11-19
Astron.J.133:1104-1124,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in AJ. Postscript version of paper and additional online material available at http://www.physics.u
Scientific paper
10.1086/510723
We present HI observations of 54 galaxies in the Pegasus cluster. The observations include single dish HI measurements, obtained with the Arecibo telescope for all 54 galaxies in the sample, as well as HI images, obtained with the VLA for 10 of these. The Arecibo profiles reveal an overall HI deficiency in the cluster, with ~40% of the galaxies in the core of the cluster showing modest deficiencies of typically a factor of 2-3. The HI morphology of some galaxies shows that the HI disk is smaller than the optical disk and slightly offset from the stars. We find a correlation between HI deficiency and the ratio of the HI disk size to optical disk size. More HI deficient galaxies have relatively smaller HI disks, a configuration that is usually attributed to an interaction between the ISM of the galaxy and the hot ICM. Such a result is surprising since the Pegasus cluster has a low level of X-ray emission, and a low velocity dispersion. The low velocity dispersion, coupled with the lack of a dense hot ICM indicate that ram pressure stripping should not play a significant role in this environment. In addition, two of the galaxies, NGC7604 and NGC7648, are morphologically peculiar. Their peculiarities indicate contradictory scenarios of what is triggering their unusual star formation. Halpha imaging, along with long-slit spectroscopy of NGC7648 reveal morphological features which point to a recent tidal interaction. On the other hand, Halpha imaging,along with VLA HI mapping, of NGC7604 reveal morphological features suggestive of a ram pressure event. Our data indicate that ISM-ICM interactions may play a role in a wider variety of environments than suggested by simple ram pressure arguments.
Chaboyer Brian
Levy Lorenza
Rose James A.
van Gorkom Jacqueline H.
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