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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Neutral hydrogen clouds near early-type dwarf galaxies of the Local Group
Astronomical Journal, Volume 131, No. 6, Year 2006
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Parkes neutral hydrogen 21 cm line (H I) observations of the surroundings of nine early-type Local Group dwarfs are presented. We detected numerous H I clouds in the general direction of those dwarfs, and these clouds are often offset from the optical center of the galaxies. Although all the observed dwarfs, except Antlia, occupy phase-space regions where the high-velocity cloud (HVC) density is well above average, the measured offsets are smaller than one would expect from a fully random cloud distribution. Possible association is detected for 11 of the 16 investigated clouds, while for two galaxies, Sextans and Leo I, no H I was detected. The galaxies in which H i clouds were found not to coincide with the optical yet have a significant probability of being associated are the Sculptor dwarf, Tucana, LGS 3, Cetus, and Fomax. If the clouds are indeed associated, these galaxies have H I masses of MH I, = 2 × 105, 2 × 106, 7 × 105, 7 × 105, and 1 × 105 M⊙, respectively. However, neither ram pressure nor tidal stripping can easily explain the offsets. In some cases, large offsets are found where ram pressure should be the least effective. © 2006. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bouchard, Antoine
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Carignan, Claude
Canada, Montreal
University of Montreal
Staveley-Smith, L.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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Citations: 32
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/503629
ISSN:
00046256