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Local Volume TiNy Titans: gaseous dwarf–dwarf interactions in the Local Universe

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/617405
Date21 June 2016
CreatorsPearson, Sarah, Besla, Gurtina, Putman, Mary E., Lutz, Katharina A., Fernández, Ximena, Stierwalt, Sabrina, Patton, David R., Kim, Jinhyub, Kallivayalil, Nitya, Johnson, Kelsey, Sung, Eon-Chang
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Dept Astron
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
Relationhttp://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1093/mnras/stw757

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