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FAST Reveals New Evidence for M94 as a Merger

文献类型:期刊论文

作者Zhou, Ruilei2,3,7; Zhu, Ming2,3,4,7; Yang, Yanbin5; Yu, Haiyang2,3,7; Yuan, Lixia6; Jiang, Peng3,4,7; Xi WZ(席文哲)1,2
刊名ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
出版日期2023-08-01
卷号952期号:2
ISSN号0004-637X
DOI10.3847/1538-4357/acdcf5
产权排序第7完成单位
文献子类Article
英文摘要

We report the first high-sensitivity H i observation toward the spiral galaxy M94 with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope. From these observations, we discovered that M94 has a very extended H i disk, twice larger than that observed by THINGS, which is accompanied by a H i filament and seven high velocity clouds (HVCs) at different distances. The projected distances of these clouds and filaments are less than 50 kpc from the galactic center. We measured a total integrated flux (including all clouds/filament) of 127.3 ( & PLUSMN;1) Jy km s(-1), corresponding to a H i mass of (6.51 & PLUSMN; 0.06)x10(8) M (& ODOT;) , which is 63.0% more than that observed by THINGS. By comparing numerical simulations with the H i maps and the optical morphology of M94, we suggest that M94 is likely a remnant of a major merger of two galaxies, and the HVCs and H i filament could be the tidal features that originated from the first collision of the merger, which happened about 5 Gyr ago. Furthermore, we found a seemingly isolated H i cloud at a projection distance of 109 kpc without any optical counterpart detected. We discuss the possibilities of the origin of this cloud, such as dark dwarf galaxy and RELHIC (REionization-Limited H i Cloud). Our results demonstrate that high-sensitivity and wide-field H i imaging is important in revealing diffuse cold gas structures and tidal debris, which is crucial to understand the dynamical evolution of galaxies.

学科主题天文学 ; 星系与宇宙学
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出版地TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
WOS关键词LOCAL GROUP ; STAR-FORMATION ; GALAXY ; GAS ; DISKS ; MORPHOLOGY ; KINEMATICS ; DISCOVERY ; NGC-4736 ; CLUSTER
资助项目National Key Ramp ; D Program of China[2018YFE0202900] ; National Key Ramp ; D Program of China[2017YFA0402600] ; National Natural Foundation of China (NSFC)[12041302] ; National Natural Foundation of China (NSFC)[11973042] ; CNRS ; Yunnan University ; International Research Program (IRP) Tianguan ; NAOC
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
出版者IOP Publishing Ltd
WOS记录号WOS:001034178200001
资助机构National Key Ramp ; D Program of China[2018YFE0202900, 2017YFA0402600] ; National Natural Foundation of China (NSFC)[12041302, 11973042] ; CNRS ; Yunnan University ; International Research Program (IRP) Tianguan ; NAOC
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源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/26149]  
专题云南天文台_丽江天文观测站(南方基地)
通讯作者Zhu, Ming
作者单位1.Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011, People's Republic of China
2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China;
3.CAS Key Laboratory of FAST, National FAST, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China;
4.Guizhou Radio Astronomical Observatory, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550000, People's Republic of China;
5.GEPI, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Place Jules Janssen F-92195, Meudon, France;
6.Purple Mountain Observatory and Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 10 Yuanhua Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210033, People's Republic of China;
7.National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, A20 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China; mz@nao.cas.cn;
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Zhou, Ruilei,Zhu, Ming,Yang, Yanbin,et al. FAST Reveals New Evidence for M94 as a Merger[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2023,952(2).
APA Zhou, Ruilei.,Zhu, Ming.,Yang, Yanbin.,Yu, Haiyang.,Yuan, Lixia.,...&Xi WZ.(2023).FAST Reveals New Evidence for M94 as a Merger.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,952(2).
MLA Zhou, Ruilei,et al."FAST Reveals New Evidence for M94 as a Merger".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 952.2(2023).

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