Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001aj....121.1336h&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 121, Issue 3, pp. 1336-1357.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Galaxies: Individual: Ngc Number: Ngc 1291, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc Number: Ngc 2775, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc Number: Ngc 3623, Galaxies: Ism, Galaxies: Structure, X-Rays
Scientific paper
We have studied the distribution of cool, warm, and hot interstellar matter in three of the nearest bright Sa galaxies. New X-ray data for NGC 1291, the object with the most prominent bulge, confirm earlier results that the ISM in the bulge is dominated by hot gas. NGC 3623 has a lesser amount of hot gas in the bulge but has both molecular gas and ionized hydrogen in the central regions. NGC 2775 has the least prominent bulge; its X-ray emission is consistent with an origin in X-ray binary stars, and there is a strict upper limit on the amount of molecular present in the bulge. All three galaxies have a ring of neutral hydrogen in the disk. NGC 3623 and NGC 2775 each have in addition a molecular ring coincident with the hydrogen ring. We conclude that even within the morphological class Sa there can be significant differences in the gas content of the bulge, with the more massive bulges being likely to contain hot, X-ray-emitting gas. We discuss the possibility that the X-ray gas is part of a cooling flow in which cool gas is produced in the nucleus.
Bregman Joel N.
Haynes Martha P.
Hogg David E.
Roberts Morton S.
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