Looking for clues to the nature of HI deficiency in cluster spirals

Details Looking for clues to the nature of HI deficiency in cluster spirals Looking for clues to the nature of HI deficiency in cluster spirals

2001-06-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0106207v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 8 figures. In `Constructing the Universe with Clusters of Galaxies', ed. F. Durret & D. Gerbal. (electronic book)

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We derive the atomic hydrogen content for 1900 spirals in the fields of eighteen nearby clusters. By comparing the HI deficiency distributions of the galaxies inside and outside one Abell radius ($\ra$) of the center of each region, we find that two thirds of the clusters in our sample show a dearth of neutral gas in their interiors. Possible connections between the gaseous deficiency and the characteristics of both the underlying galaxies and their environment are investigated in order to gain insight into the cause of HI depletion. In the clusters in which neutral gas deficiency is pronounced, we see clear indications that the amount of depletion is related to the morphology of the galaxies: early-type and, probably, dwarf spirals are more easily emptied of gas than the intermediate Sbc-Sc types. Gas contents below one tenth, and even one hundredth, of the expected value have been measured, implying that gas removal must be very efficient. Our 21-cm data also show that in the HI-deficient clusters the proportion of gas-poor spirals decreases continuously towards the outskirts of these systems, the zone of significant deficiency reaching as far out as $2\ra$. In an independent analysis of the Virgo cluster, we find suggestive indications that gas losses are driven by the interaction of the disks with the inner hot intracluster gas around M87. We also report evidence that gas-poor spirals follow more radial orbits than those of the gas-rich objects. We conclude that ISM-IGM hydrodynamic effects appear as the most plausible cause of HI removal.

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