Starbursts in barred spiral galaxies. I. Mrk 712: a new Wolf-Rayet galaxy

Details Starbursts in barred spiral galaxies. I. Mrk 712: a new Wolf-Rayet galaxy Starbursts in barred spiral galaxies. I. Mrk 712: a new Wolf-Rayet galaxy

1995-05-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9505047v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages (including tables and figures) uuencoded compressed Postscript file. To appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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We report the discovery of emission from Wolf-Rayet stars in a giant HII region 4.5 arcsec South of the nucleus of the IRAS barred spiral galaxy Mrk 712. The ratio of WNL to OV stars, estimated from the luminosity of the HeII 4686 line, is 0.2. By comparison with starburst and stellar evolution models, we find that this high value is only compatible with a very young starburst episode (3 - 4 Myr) and a flat initial mass function (Gamma = -1). The presence of the [ArV] line reveals that the HII region is strongly ionized by the hot Wolf-Rayet stars. The comparison with other barred Wolf-Rayet galaxies suggests that the detection of Wolf-Rayet stars depends on the dust content and orientation of the galaxy.

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