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Quantifying the Importance of Ram Pressure Stripping in a Galaxy Group at 100 Mpc

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arxiv 1007.3286 v1 pith:6Z7AN3OX submitted 2010-07-19 astro-ph.CO

Quantifying the Importance of Ram Pressure Stripping in a Galaxy Group at 100 Mpc

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keywords galaxygrouppressureradiostrippingbent-doubledeficiencyexamine
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We examine two members of the NGC 4065 group of galaxies: a bent-double (a.k.a. wide angle tail) radio source and an HI deficient spiral galaxy. Models of the X-ray emitting intragroup gas and the bent-double radio source, NGC 4061, are used to probe the density of intergalactic gas in this group. HI observations reveal an asymmetric, truncated distribution of neutral gas in spiral galaxy, UGC 07049, and the accompanying radio continuum emission reveals strong star formation. We examine the effectiveness of ram pressure stripping as a gas removal mechanism and find that it alone cannot account for the HI deficiency that is observed in UGC 07049 unless this galaxy has passed through the core of the group with a velocity of ~800 km/s. A combination of tidal and ram pressure stripping are necessary to produce the HI deficiency and asymmetry in this galaxy.

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