Local Volume TiNy Titans: gaseous dwarf–dwarf interactions in the Local Universe
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Pearson, SarahBesla, Gurtina
Putman, Mary E.
Lutz, Katharina A.
Fernández, Ximena
Stierwalt, Sabrina
Patton, David R.
Kim, Jinhyub
Kallivayalil, Nitya
Johnson, Kelsey
Sung, Eon-Chang
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Univ Arizona, Dept AstronIssue Date
2016-06-21Keywords
galaxies: dwarfgalaxies: evolution
galaxies: interactions
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
Magellanic Clouds
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Local Volume TiNy Titans: gaseous dwarf–dwarf interactions in the Local Universe 2016, 459 (2):1827 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyRights
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This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
In this paper, we introduce the Local Volume TiNy Titans sample (LV-TNT), which is a part of a larger body of work on interacting dwarf galaxies: TNT . This LV-TNT sample consists of 10 dwarf galaxy pairs in the Local Universe (< 30 Mpc from Milky Way), which span mass ratios of M-*,M- 1/M-*,M- 2 < 20, projected separations < 100 kpc, and pair member masses of log(M-*/M-aS (TM)) < 9.9. All 10 LV-TNT pairs have resolved synthesis maps of their neutral hydrogen, are located in a range of environments and captured at various interaction stages. This enables us to do a comparative study of the diffuse gas in dwarf-dwarf interactions and disentangle the gas lost due to interactions with haloes of massive galaxies, from the gas lost due to mutual interaction between the dwarfs. We find that the neutral gas is extended in the interacting pairs when compared to non-paired analogues, indicating that gas is tidally pre-processed. Additionally, we find that the environment can shape the H i distributions in the form of trailing tails and that the gas is not unbound and lost to the surroundings unless the dwarf pair is residing near a massive galaxy. We conclude that a nearby, massive host galaxy is what ultimately prevents the gas from being re-accreted. Dwarf-dwarf interactions thus represent an important part of the baryon cycle of low-mass galaxies, enabling the 'parking' of gas at large distances to serve as a continual gas supply channel until accretion by a more massive host.ISSN
0035-87111365-2966
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NASA through Space Telescope Science Institute under NASA contract [NAS5-26555]; NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship [AST-1501342]; NWO; Australian GovernmentAdditional Links
http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stw757ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1093/mnras/stw757