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We develop a visibility based power spectrum estimator to probe the power spectrum directly from the interferometric observations and also estimate the errors in it. A numerical simulation of synthetic observations is also performed to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-23 Prasun Dutta

We present an HI map constructed from the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA (ALFALFA) survey of the surroundings of the strongly asymmetric Virgo cluster Sc galaxy NGC 4254. Noted previously for its lopsided appearance, rich interstellar medium, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Martha P. Haynes , Riccardo Giovanelli , Brian R. Kent

Turbulence plays an important role in the structure and dynamics of the galaxy and influences various processes therein including star formation. In this work, we investigate the large scale turbulence properties of the external spiral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-25 Meera Nandakumar , Prasun Dutta

We estimate the \HI intensity fluctuation power spectrum for a sample of 18 spiral galaxies chosen from THINGS. Our analysis spans a large range of length-scales from $\sim 300 {\rm pc}$ to $\sim 16 {\rm kpc}$ across the entire galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-08-28 Prasun Dutta , Ayesha Begum , Somnath Bharadwaj , Jayaram N. Chengalur

We present matched-resolution maps of HI and CO emission in the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC 4647. The galaxy shows a mild kinematic disturbance in which one side of the rotation curve flattens but the other side continues to rise. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 L. M. Young , E. Rosolowsky , J. H. van Gorkom , S. A. Lamb

Disturbed spiral galaxies with high rates of star formation pervaded clusters of galaxies just a few billion years ago, but nearby clusters exclude spirals in favor of ellipticals. ``Galaxy harassment" (frequent high speed galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Ben Moore , Neal Katz , George Lake , Alan Dressler , Augustus Oemler

We report the detection of extended low radio frequency continuum emission beyond the optical disk of the spiral galaxy NGC 4254 using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. NGC 4254, which has an almost face-on orientation, is located in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. G. Kantharia , A. Pramesh Rao , S. K. Sirothia

Deep Effelsberg HI spectra of the one-armed, bright Virgo cluster spiral galaxy NGC 4254 are presented.Five different positions were observed in the 21 cm HI line with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope: one in the center and 4 located one HPBW…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Vollmer , W. Huchtmeier , W. van Driel

We estimate the power spectrum of HI intensity fluctuations for a sample of 8 galaxies (7 dwarf and one spiral). The power spectrum can be fitted to a power law P_HI(U) = A U^\alpha for 6 of these galaxies, indicating turbulence is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Prasun Dutta , Ayesha Begum , Somnath Bharadwaj , Jayaram N. Chengalur

The origin of asymmetric radio polarized emission and properties of magnetic fields in the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC4254 are investigated with help of "magnetic maps" presenting distributions of different magnetic field components over the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Krzysztof T. Chyzy

Radio observations can show how cluster galaxies are affected by various environmental factors. We made three frequency radio-polarimetric VLA observations and performed sensitive XMM-Newton observations in X-rays and UV light of NGC4254.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. T. Chyzy , M. Ehle , R. Beck

Galaxy harassment has been proposed as a physical process that morphologically transforms low surface density disc galaxies into dwarf elliptical galaxies in clusters. It has been used to link the observed very different morphology of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. I. Davies , S. Roberts , S. Sabatini

The generation mechanism of compressible fluid turbulence at kiloparsec scales in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) is a long-lasting puzzle. In this work, we explore the nature of large-scale turbulence in the external spiral galaxy NGC~6946.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-05 Meera Nandakumar , Prasun Dutta

We present a detailed study of the peculiar HI-deficient Virgo cluster spiral galaxies NGC 4064 and NGC 4424, using $^{12}$CO 1-0 interferometry, optical imaging and integral-field spectroscopic observations, in order to learn what type of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. R. Cortes , J. D. P. Kenney , E. Hardy

The ionized gas kinematics of the Virgo Cluster galaxy NGC 4254 (Messier 99) is analyzed by an harmonic decomposition of the velocity field into Fourier coefficients. The aims of this study are to measure the kinematical asymmetries of…

The Virgo cluster spiral galaxy NGC 4654 is supposed to be a good candidate for ongoing ram pressure stripping based on its very asymmetric HI distribution. However, this galaxy also shows an asymmetric stellar distribution. Numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Vollmer

We use narrow-band Halpha+[NII] imaging data gathered during VESTIGE, a blind survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT, to identify HII regions in 385 galaxies showing ionised gas emission. We identify 76645 HII…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-07 A. Boselli , M. Fossati , Y. Roehlly , M. Boquien , J. Braine , P. Cote , J. C. Cuillandre , B. Epinat , L. Ferrarese , S. Gwyn , G. Hensler

We present 21-cm observations and models of the HI kinematics and distribution of NGC 4244, a nearby edge-on Scd galaxy observed as part of the Westerbork Hydrogen Accretion in LOcal GAlaxieS (HALOGAS) survey. Our models give insight into…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-07-21 Laura K. Zschaechner , Richard J. Rand , George H. Heald , Gianfranco Gentile , Peter Kamphuis

We have measured the HI power spectrum of the nearly face-on spiral galaxy NGC628 (M74) using a visibility based estimator. The power spectrum is well fitted by a power law $P(U)=AU^{\alpha}$, with $\alpha =- 1.6\pm0.2$ over the length…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Prasun Dutta , Ayesha Begum , Somnath Bharadwaj , Jayaram N. Chengalur

Using imaging that shows four magnitudes of main sequence stars, we have discovered that the Galactic globular cluster NGC 1851 is surrounded by a halo that is visible from the tidal radius of 700 arcsec (41 pc) to more than 4500 arcsec…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Edward W. Olszewski , Abhijit Saha , Patricia Knezek , Annapurni Subramaniam , Thomas de Boer , Patrick Seitzer
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