Origin of Disc Lopsidedness in the Eridanus Group of Galaxies

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2006-04-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604120v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:1849-1857,2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10418.x

The HI surface density maps for a sample of 18 galaxies in the Eridanus group are Fourier analysed. This analysis gives the radial variation of the lopsidedness in the HI spatial distribution. The lopsidedness is quantified by the Fourier amplitude $A_1$ of the $m=1$ component normalized to the average value. It is also shown that in the radial region where the stellar disc and HI overlap, their $A_1$ coefficients are comparable. All the galaxies studied show significant lopsidedness in HI. The mean value of $A_1$ in the inner regions of the galaxies (1.5 - 2.5 scale lengths) is $\geq 0.2$. This value of $A_1$ is twice the average value seen in the field galaxies. Also, the lopsidedness is found to be smaller for late-type galaxies, this is opposite to the trend seen in the field galaxies. These two results indicate a different physical origin for disc lopsidedness in galaxies in a group environment compared to the field galaxies. Further, a large fraction ($\sim$ 30%) shows a higher degree of lopsidedness ($A_1 \geq 0.3$). It is also seen that the disk lopsidedness increases with the radius as demonstrated in earlier studies, but over a radial range that is two timeslarger than done in the previous studies. The average lopsidedness of the halo potential is estimated to be $\sim 10$%, assuming that the lopsidedness in HI disc is due to its response to the halo asymmetry.

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