Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-03-23
Astrophys.J.662:304-321,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 17 figures, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/516627
Propagating star formation in a collisional ring galaxy Arp10 is investigated by a complex approach, which includes the broad- and narrow-band photometry, long- slit spectroscopy, and scanning Fabry-Perot spectroscopy. The ionized gas velocity field obtained with best spatial resolution to date indicates a non- isotropic expansion of the outer ring with a maximum velocity 110km/s. Strong vertical and non-circular motions are also seen in the vicinity of the inner ring. Our kinematic data suggest that Arp10 has a small inclination i=22\degr and high total (luminous plus dark matter) mass of about $10^{12} M_{\odot}$ within a 50 kpc radius.The abundance of oxygen 12 + log(O/H) in both star- forming rings is about 8.6.The analysis of spectral indices provides an estimate on the propagation velocities of both rings and metallicity of the pre-collision stellar population.A small "knot" near the nucleus of Arp10,which was previously suspected as a possible candidate for collision, is now unambiguously identified as the "intruder" of at least 1/4 of the total mass of Arp~10.We use a simplified two-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of galaxy collisions to test a collisional origin of Arp10. We confirm that the sizes of the inner and outer rings, maximum expansion velocity of the outer ring, and radial profile of the gas circular velocity can be reproduced by a near-central collision with the intruder galaxy, which occurred approximately 85Myr ago. We acknowledge that an apparent crescent- shaped distribution of H$\alpha$ emission in the outer ring is caused by a star formation threshold in the gas disk of Arp10.
Bizyaev D. V.
Moiseev Aleksei V.
Vorobyov Eduard I.
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