Expansive components in HII regions

被引:28
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作者
Relaño, M
Beckman, JE
机构
[1] Inst Astrofis Canarias, Tenerife 38200, Spain
[2] CSIC, Madrid, Spain
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2005年 / 430卷 / 03期
关键词
ISM : HII regions; ISM : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : individual : NGC 1530; galaxies : individual : NGC 6951; galaxies : individual : NGC 3359; galaxies : ISM;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361:20041708
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the presence of low intensity high velocity components, which we have termed wing features in the integrated Halpha emission line profiles of the HII region populations of the spiral barred galaxies NGC 1530, NGC 3359 and NGC 6951. We find that more than a third of the HII region line profiles in each galaxy show these components. The highest fraction is obtained in the galaxy whose line profiles show the best S:N, which suggests that wing features of this type may well exist in most, if not all, HII region line profiles. Applying selection criteria to the wing features, we obtain a sample of HII regions with clearly defined high velocity components in their profiles. Deconvolution of a representative sample of the line profiles eliminates any doubt that the wing features could possibly be due to instrumental effects. We present an analysis of the high velocity low intensity features fitting them with Gaussian functions; the emission measures, central velocities and velocity dispersions for the red and blue features take similar values. We interpret the features as signatures of expanding shells inside the HII regions. Up to a shell radius of R(shell)similar to0.2 R-reg, the stellar winds from the central ionizing stars appear to satisfy the energy and momentum requirements for the formation and driving the shell. Several examples of the most luminous HII regions show that the shells appear to have larger radii; in these cases additional mechanisms may well be needed to explain the kinetic energies and momenta of the shells.
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页码:911 / 926
页数:16
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