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Title: | HERschel Observations of Edge-on Spirals (HEROES). II. Tilted-ring modelling of the atomic gas disks | Authors: | Allaert, F. Gentile, G. Baes, M. De Geyter, G. Hughes, T. M. Lewis, F. BIANCHI, SIMONE De Looze, I. Fritz, J. Holwerda, B. W. Verstappen, J. Viaene, S. |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Journal: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | Number: | 582 | First Page: | A18 | Abstract: | Context. Edge-on galaxies can offer important insight into galaxy evolution because they are the only systems where the distribution of the different components can be studied both radially and vertically. The HEROES project was designed to investigate the interplay between the gas, dust, stars, and dark matter (DM) in a sample of 7 massive edge-on spiral galaxies. <BR /> Aims: In this second HEROES paper, we present an analysis of the atomic gas content of 6 out of 7 galaxies in our sample. The remaining galaxy was recently analysed according to the same strategy. The primary aim of this work is to constrain the surface density distribution, the rotation curve, and the geometry of the gas disks in a homogeneous way. In addition we identify peculiar features and signs of recent interactions. <BR /> Methods: We have constructed detailed tilted-ring models of the atomic gas disks based on new GMRT 21-cm observations of NGC 973 and UGC 4277 and re-reduced archival H i data of NGC 5907, NGC 5529, IC 2531, and NGC 4217. Potential degeneracies between different models were resolved by requiring good agreement with the data in various representations of the data cubes. <BR /> Results: From our modelling we find that all but one galaxy are warped along the major axis. In addition, we identify warps along the line of sight in three galaxies. A flaring gas layer is required to reproduce the data for only one galaxy, but (moderate) flares cannot be ruled out for the other galaxies either. A coplanar ring-like structure is detected outside the main disk of NGC 4217, which we suggest could be the remnant of a recent minor merger event. We also find evidence of a radial inflow of 15 ± 5 km s<SUP>-1</SUP> in the disk of NGC 5529, which might be related to the ongoing interaction with two nearby companions. For NGC 5907, the extended, asymmetric, and strongly warped outer regions of the H i disk also suggest a recent interaction. In contrast, the inner disks of these three galaxies (NGC 4217, NGC 5529, and NGC 5907) show regular behaviour and seem largely unaffected by the interactions. Our models further support earlier claims of prominent spiral arms in the disks of IC 2531 and NGC 5529. Finally, we detect a dwarf companion galaxy at a projected distance of 36 kpc from the centre of NGC 973. <P />Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.Appendices are available in electronic form at <A href="http://www.aanda.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526667/olm">http://www.aanda.org</A>The H i cleaned data cubes as FITS files are only available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr</A> (ftp://130.79.128.5) or via <A href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/582/A18">http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/582/A18</A> | Acknowledgments: | We thank the anonymous referee for the useful comments and suggestions that helped to improve this paper. We also wish to thank M. Verheijen and S. Peters for kindly sharing their reduced H i data of NGC 4217 and IC 2531 respectively. F.A., M.B., G.G., and S.V. acknowledge the support of the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO-Vlaanderen). M.B. and T.M.H. acknowledge financial support from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) as part of the PRODEX project C90370 ( Herschel -PACS Guaranteed Time and Open Time Programs: Science Exploitation). We thank the staff of the GMRT that made these observations possible. GMRT is run by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. The Faulkes Telescopes are maintained and operated by Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network. We also thank Peter Hill and the staff and students of College Le Monteil ASAM (France), The Thomas Aveling School (Rochester, England), Glebe School (Bromley, England), and St David’s Catholic College (Cardiff, Wales). This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics Data System and the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Funding for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, and the Max Planck Society. The SDSS Web site is http://www.sdss.org/ . The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium (ARC) for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are The University of Chicago, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, The Johns Hopkins University, the Korean Scientist Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23130 | URL: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2015/10/aa26667-15/aa26667-15.html | ISSN: | 0004-6361 | DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201526667 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015A&A...582A..18A | Fulltext: | open |
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