Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies. II. Formation of giant HI rings

Details Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies. II. Formation of giant HI rings Numerical simulations of expanding supershells in dwarf irregular galaxies. II. Formation of giant HI rings

2004-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411758v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

14 pages, 18 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20041324

We perform numerical hydrodynamic modeling of various physical processes that can form an HI ring as is observed in Holmberg I. Three energetic mechanisms are considered: multiple supernova explosions (SNe), a hypernova explosion associated with a gamma ray burst (GRB), and the vertical impact of a high velocity cloud (HVC). The total released energy has an upper limit of 10^54 ergs. We find that multiple SNe are in general more effective in producing shells that break out of the disk than a hypernova explosion of the same total energy. As a consequence, multiple SNe form rings with a high ring-to-center contrast K<100 in the HI column density, whereas single hypernova explosions form rings with K<10. Only multiple SNe can reproduce both the size (diameter \~1.7 kpc) and the ring-to-center contrast (K ~ 15-20) of the HI ring in Hoolmberg I. High velocity clouds create HI rings that are much smaller in size (< 0.8 kpc) and contrast (K < 4.5) than seen in Holmberg I. We construct model position-velocity (pV) diagrams and find that they can be used to distinguish among different HI ring formation mechanisms. The observed pV-diagrams of Holmberg I are best reproduced by multiple SNe. We conclude that the giant HI ring in Holmberg I is most probably formed by multiple SNe. We also find that the appearance of the SNe-driven shell in the integrated HI image depends on the inclination angle of the galaxy. In nearly face-on galaxies, the integrated HI image shows a ring of roughly constant HI column density surrounding a deep central depression, whereas in considerably inclined galaxies (i > 45 deg) the HI image is characterized by two kidney-shaped density enhancements and a mild central depression.

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