Unveiling the nuclear region of NGC 6868: Mapping the stellar population and ionized gas.

Autor: Benedetti, João P. V., Riffel, Rogério, Ricci, Tiago V., Steiner, João E., Riffel, Rogemar A., Pastoriza, Miriani G., Ruschel-Dutra, Daniel, Motter, Juliana C., Bergmann, Thaisa Storchi, Forman, William, Overzier, Roderik
Zdroj: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Mar2021, Vol. 15 Issue S359, p418-420, 3p
Abstrakt: We mapped the stellar population and emission gas properties in the nuclear region of NGC 6868 using datacubes extracted with Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) in the Integral Field Unit (IFU) mode. To obtain the star-formation history of this galaxy we used the starlight code together with the new generation of MILES simple stellar population models. The stellar population dominating (95% in light fraction) the central region of NGC 6868 is old and metal rich (~10 Gyr, 2.2 Z⊙). We also derived the kinematics and emission line fluxes of ionized gas with the IFSCube package. A rotation disk is clearly detected in the nuclear region of the galaxy and no broad components were detected. Also, there is a region where the emission lines disappear almost completely, probably due to diffuse ionized gas component. Channel maps, diagnostic diagrams and stellar kinematics are still under analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index