The Leo Triplet: Common origin or late encounter?

被引：18

作者：

Afanasiev, VL ^{[1
]}

Sil'chenko, OK

机构：

[1] Special Astrophys Observ, Nizhnii Arkhyz 369167, Russia

[2] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Sternberg Astron Inst, Moscow 119992, Russia

[3] Isaac Newton Inst Chile, Moscow Branch, Moscow, Russia

来源：

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2005年 / 429卷 / 03期

关键词：

galaxies : individual : NGC 3623; galaxies : individual : NGC 3627; galaxies : nuclei; galaxies : stellar content; galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : evolution;

D O I：

10.1051/0004-6361:20040311

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The kinematics, structure, and stellar population properties in the centers of two early-type spiral galaxies of the Leo Triplet, NGC 3627 and NGC 3623, are studied by means of integral-field spectroscopy. Unlike our previous targets, NGC 3384/NGC 3368 in the Leo I Group and NGC 5574/NGC 5576 in LGG 379, NGC 3623 and NGC 3627 do not appear to experience a synchronous evolution. The mean ages of their circumnuclear stellar populations are quite different, and the magnesium overabundance of the nucleus in NGC 3627 is evidence for a very brief last star formation event 1 Gyr ago whereas the evolution of the central part of NGC 3623 looks more quiescent. In the center of NGC 3627 we observe noticeable gas radial motions, and the stars and the ionized gas in the center of NGC 3623 demonstrate more or less stable rotation. However, NGC 3623 has a chemically distinct core-a relic of a past star formation burst-which is shaped as a compact, dynamically cold stellar disk with a radius of similar to250-350 pc which has been formed not later than 5 Gyr ago.

引用

页码：825 / 836

页数：12

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