Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-05-13
Astron.Lett. 31 (2005) 160; Pisma Astron.Zh. 31 (2005) 178
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
revised version to appear in Astronomy Letters, 8 pages, 5 EPS figures
Scientific paper
10.1134/1.1883347
We consider the relationship between the total HI mass in late-type galaxies and the kinematic properties of their disks. The mass $M_HI$ for galaxies with a wide variety of properties, from dwarf dIrr galaxies with active star formation to giant low-brightness galaxies, is shown to correlate with the product $V_c R_0$ ($V_c$ is the rotational velocity, and $R_0$ is the radial photometric disks scale length), which characterizes the specific angular momentum of the disk. This relationship, along with the anticorrelation between the relative mass of HI in a galaxy and $V_c$, can be explained in terms of the previously made assumption that the gas density in the disks of most galaxies is maintained at a level close to the threshold (marginal) stability of a gaseous layer to local gravitational perturbations. In this case, the regulation mechanism of the star formation rate associated with the growth of local gravitational instability in the gaseous layer must play a crucial role in the evolution of the gas content in the galactic disk.
Smirnova Aleksandrina A.
Zasov Anatoli V.
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