UV Morphology and Star Formation in the Tidal Tails of NGC 4038/39 - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue The Astrophysical Journal Année : 2005

UV Morphology and Star Formation in the Tidal Tails of NGC 4038/39

J. E. Hibbard
  • Fonction : Auteur
L. Bianchi
  • Fonction : Auteur
D. A. Thilker
  • Fonction : Auteur
Robert Michael Rich
  • Fonction : Auteur

Résumé

We present GALEX FUV (1530 A) and NUV (2310 A) observations of the archetypal merging system NGC 4038/39, ``The Antennae\". Both tails are relatively bright in the UV, especially in the vicinity of the Tidal Dwarf Galaxy candidates at the end of the southern tail. The UV light generally falls within the optically delineated tails, although the UV light is considerably more structured, with a remarkably similar morphology to the tidal HI. The UV colors suggest that there has been continuing star formation within the tidal tails, even outside the previously studied Tidal Dwarf regions. Within the inner disk regions, there are interesting UV features which appear to be related to the extended soft X-ray loops and halo recently discovered by CHANDRA.

Dates et versions

hal-00015111 , version 1 (02-12-2005)

Identifiants

Citer

J. E. Hibbard, L. Bianchi, D. A. Thilker, Robert Michael Rich, The Galex Science Team. UV Morphology and Star Formation in the Tidal Tails of NGC 4038/39. The Astrophysical Journal, 2005, 619L, pp.87. ⟨10.1086/423244⟩. ⟨hal-00015111⟩
28 Consultations
0 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Mastodon Facebook X LinkedIn More