The dust morphology of the elliptical Galaxy M 86 with SPIRE

  • H.L. Gomez
  • , M. Baes
  • , Luca Cortese
  • , M.L. Smith
  • , A. Boselli
  • , L. Ciesla
  • , G.J. Bendo
  • , M. Pohlen
  • , S. Di Serego Alighieri
  • , R. Auld
  • , M.J. Barlow
  • , J.J. Bock
  • , M. Bradford
  • , V. Buat
  • , N. Castro-Rodriguez
  • , P. Chanial
  • , S. Charlot
  • , D.L. Clements
  • , A. Cooray
  • , D. Cormier
  • J.I. Davies, E. Dwek, S. Eales, D. Elbaz, M. Galametz, F. Galliano, W.K. Gear, J. Glenn, M. Griffin, S. Hony, K.G. Isaak, L.R. Levenson, N. Lu, S. Madden, B. O'Halloran, K. Okumura, S. Oliver, M.J. Page, P. Panuzzo, A. Papageorgiou, T.J. Parkin, I. Perez-Fournon, N. Rangwala, E.E. Rigby, H. Roussel, A. Rykala, N. Sacchi, M. Sauvage, M.R.P. Schirm, B. Schulz, L. Spinoglio, S. Srinivasan, J.A. Stevens, M. Symeonidis, M. Trichas, M. Vaccari, L. Vigroux, C.D. Wilson, H. Wozniak, G.S. Wright, W.W. Zeilinger

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    Abstract

    We present Herschel-SPIRE observations at 250-500 μm of the giant elliptical galaxy M 86 and examine the distribution of the resolved cold dust emission and its relation with other galactic tracers. The SPIRE images reveal three dust components: emission from the central region; a dust lane extending north-south; and a bright emission feature 10 kpc to the south-east. We estimate that ∼106 Modot; of dust is spatially coincident with atomic and ionized hydrogen, originating from stripped material from the nearby spiral NGC 4438 due to recent tidal interactions with M 86. The gas-to-dust ratio of the cold gas component ranges from ∼20-80. We discuss the different heating mechanisms for the dust features. © ESO 2010.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)5
    JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
    Volume518
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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