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1999AJ....118..797C - Astron. J., 118, 797-816 (1999/August-0)
The structure and morphology of the ionized gas in starburst galaxies: NGC 5253/5236.
CALZETTI D., CONSELICE C.J., GALLAGHER III J.S. and KINNEY A.L.
Abstract (from CDS):
For NGC 5253, the images are deep enough that we can detect faint Hα arches and filaments out to ∼1.9 kpc and [S II] filaments out to ∼1 kpc from the main ionizing cluster. The ground-based line images are complemented with an archival HST Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 Hβ image. Line ratio maps [O III]/Hβ and [S II]/Hα show that in the outer regions the diffuse ionized gas is partially excited by a nonphotoionization process (``shocks''). The ``shocked'' gas is mostly concentrated southwest of the galaxy's center, in coincidence with the position of Hα bubbles and with extended soft X-ray emission. The Hα emission from the shock-excited gas is ~1%-2% of the total and ~10%-20% of the diffuse ionized gas emission, although the mechanical input from the starburst would be sufficient to support a shocked Hα luminosity ∼3 times the observed one. About 80%-90% of the diffuse gas is consistent with being photoionized, requiring that about 10% of the ionizing photons escape from the starburst site. The starburst in NGC 5253 appears to be fed by gas infalling along the galaxy's optical minor axis, while hot gas expanding from the starburst has a preferential direction along the major axis.
The results for NGC 5236 are less clear than for NGC 5253, as the images are not as deep. In the central region of NGC 5236, the Hα image traces the U emission from the ionizing stars more closely than in NGC 5253; the emission-line ratio maps show very little or no evidence for presence of shock excitation. Very little or no ionized gas appears expanding from the center of the galaxy outward along the disk plane, and ionization is a local process. The starburst in NGC 5236 is thus more strongly confined than that in NGC 5253; the deeper gravitational-potential well of the more massive galaxy probably keeps the ionized gas near to the ionizing stars.
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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Starburst - galaxies: individual (NGC 5253, NGC 5236) - Galaxies: Interactions - Galaxies: ISM - ISM: Structure
Nomenclature: Fig.4c: [CCG99] NGC 5236 A (Nos A-D).
Simbad objects: 4
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