An ISO View of Secular Evolution in Galaxy Pairs?

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Dec 1999

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999aas...19510406d&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 195th AAS Meeting, #104.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 31, p.1524

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Isolated galaxy pairs with mixed morphology (E/S0 + S/I) provide a unique opportunity to study the gravitational effects of a massive perturber on the gas and dust content of a spiral disk. This is the only kind of binary galaxy where one can unambiguously search for evidence of cross-fueling between the components. We address these issues with Hα and ISOCAM imaging of four interacting galaxy pairs taken from a larger study that is currently underway. The pairs (NGC 7752/3, CPG542, CPG552, and CPG468) were observed with the broad-band ISOCAM LW3(12--18 μ m) and narrow-band LW8(11.3 μ m) filters. LW3 samples the continuum emission from very warm dust while LW8 maps the spatial distribution of the 11.3 μ m PAH emission. We also obtained ISOPHOT P32 data at 60 and 100 μ m for these pairs. The H/alpha emission morphologies of the sample can be classified as: 1) nuclear concentrated emission, 2) disk-wide emission, 3) tidal-arm emission and 4) compact emission displaced from the nucleus. All of the pairs show self-consistent structure in the LW3 and LW8 bands as well as a high spatial correllation with Hα images convolved to the same resolution. This is a general confirmation that warm dust is heated most in sites of star formation. There is no evidence for a decrease in the 11.3/15 μ m ratio with equivalent width excess, as is seen for extreme starburst knots in the Antennae. The NGC 7752/3 system is of particular interest because the companion shows an unusually high gas mass and dynamical models point to evidence for a continuous fueling of the companion from the spiral disk of the more massive component. A comparitive morphology of Hα and ISOCAM images indicates that the two strongest mid-IR `hotspots' are giant HII regions at the edge of spiral arms involved in disk-wide star formation. The companion with the largest Hα equivalent width in our sample shows a warmer 60/100 Hα emission color than NGC 7753 the dominant spiral. This is indicated by both our ISOPHOT maps and HIRES IRAS data. This work has been partially supported by a University of Alabama Research Fellowship.

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