Mapping the Extended HI Distribution of Three Dwarf Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-30 v1
Abstract
We present large field HI-line emission maps obtained with the single-dish Green Bank Telescope centered on the dwarf irregular galaxies Sextans A, NGC 2366, and WLM. We do not detect the extended skirts of emission associated with the galaxies that were reported from Effelsberg observations (Huchtmeier et al. 1981). The ratio of HI at 10^19 atoms cm^-2 to optical extents of these galaxies are instead 2--3, which is normal for this type of galaxy. There is no evidence for a truncation in the HI distribution >/=10^19 atoms cm^-2.
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@article{arxiv.1109.2854,
title = {Mapping the Extended HI Distribution of Three Dwarf Galaxies},
author = {Deidre A. Hunter and Fakhri Zahedy and Emily C. Bowsher and Eric M. Wilcots and Amanda A. Kepley and Veronika Gaal},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2854},
year = {2015}
}
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To be published in AJ