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- Title
AGC198606: A gas-bearing dark matter minihalo?
- Authors
Adams, E. A. K.; Faerman, Y.; Janesh, W. F.; Janowiecki, S.; Oosterloo, T. A.; Rhode, K. L.; Giovanelli, R.; Haynes, M. P.; Salzer, J. J.; Sternberg, A.; Cannon, J. M.; Muñoz, R. R.
- Abstract
We present neutral hydrogen (Hi) imaging observations with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope of AGC198606, an Hi cloud discovered in the ALFALFA 21cm survey. This object is of particular note as it is located 16 km s-1 and 1°.2 from the gas-bearing ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Leo T while having a similar Hi linewidth and approximately twice the flux density. The Hi imaging observations reveal a smooth, undisturbed Hi morphology with a full extent of 23' × 16' at the 5 × 1018 atoms cm-2 level. The velocity field of AGC198606 shows ordered motion with a gradient of ~25 km s-1 across ~20'. The global velocity dispersion is 9.3 km s-1 with no evidence for a narrow spectral component. No optical counterpart to AGC198606 is detected. The distance to AGC198606 is unknown, and we consider several different scenarios: physical association with Leo T, a minihalo at a distance of ~150 kpc based on the models of Faerman et al. (2013, ApJ, 777, 119), and a cloud in the Galactic halo. At a distance of 420 kpc, AGC198606 would have an Hi mass of 6.2 × 105 M-, an Hi radius of 1.4 kpc, and a dynamical mass within the Hi extent of 1.5 × 108 M⊙
- Subjects
HYDROGEN spectra; ATOMIC hydrogen; INTERSTELLAR medium; DWARF galaxies; FLUX (Energy); FLOW velocity; CLOUD dynamics; GALACTIC halos
- Publication
Astronomy & Astrophysics / Astronomie et Astrophysique, 2015, Vol 573, p1
- ISSN
0004-6361
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/201425211