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- Cumming, Robert, 1967, et al.
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Stellar dynamics of blue compact galaxies - II. Further indications of a merger in ESO 338-IG04
- 2008
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 479:3, s. 725-733
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Context. Luminous blue compact galaxies, common at z similar to 1 but now relatively rare, show disturbed kinematics in emission lines. Aims. As part of a programme to understand their formation and evolution, we have investigated the stellar dynamics of a number of nearby objects in this class. Methods. We obtained long-slit spectra with VLT/FORS2 in the spectral region covering the near-infrared calcium triplet. In this paper we focus on the well-known luminous blue compact galaxy ESO338-IG04 (Tololo 1924 - 416). A previous investigation, using Fabry-Perot interferometry, showed that this galaxy has a chaotic Ha velocity field, indicating that either the galaxy is not in dynamical equilibrium or that Ha does not trace the gravitational potential due to feedback from star formation. Results. Along the apparent major axis, the stellar and ionised gas velocities for the most part follow each other. The chaotic velocity field must therefore be a sign that the young stellar population in ESO338-IG04 is not in dynamical equilibrium. The most likely explanation, which is also supported by its morphology, is that the galaxy has experienced a merger and that this has triggered the current starburst. Summarising the results of our programme so far, we note that emission-line velocity fields are not always reliable tracers of stellar motions, and go on to assess the implications for kinematic studies of similar galaxies at intermediate redshift.
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- Micheva, Genoveva, et al.
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Deep multiband surface photometry on a sample of 24 blue compact galaxies II. A volume-limited sample of 21 emission line galaxies
- 2013
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Ingår i: Astronomy and Astrophysics. - : EDP Sciences. - 0004-6361 .- 1432-0746. ; 556, s. A10-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aims. We present deep surface photometry of a volume-limited sample of 21 UM emission line galaxies in broadband optical UBVRI and near infrared (NIR) HKs filters. The sample comprises 19 blue compact galaxies (BCGs) and two spirals. Methods. We separated the burst and host populations for each galaxy and compared them to stellar evolutionary models with and without nebular emission contribution. We measured and analyzed the A(180) asymmetry in all filters, the concentration index C, the scale length, and the central surface brightness of the host galaxy. Results. A shift in the average A180 asymmetry is detected from optical to NIR. This shift seems correlated with the morphological class of the BCGs. Using the color-asymmetry relation, we identify five BCGs in the sample as mergers, which is confirmed by their morphological class. Though clearly separated from normal galaxies in the concentration-asymmetry parameter space, we find that it is not possible to distinguish luminous starbursting BCGs from the merely star forming low luminosity BCGs.
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