Cool gas and star formation properties of ram pressure stripped galaxy NGC 4522: Insights from the TIGRESS simulation

  • Choi, Woorak (Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Bumhyun (Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
  • Chung, Aeree (Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Goo (Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University)
  • Published : 2019.04.10

Abstract

NGC 4522 is one of the best-known examples among the Virgo galaxies undergoing active ram pressure stripping. There have been a number of detailed observational and theoretical studies on this galaxy to constrain its stripping and star formation history. However, the impact of ram pressure on the multi-phased ISM, in particular molecular gas which plays an important role in star formation, is still not fully understood. NGC 4522, as a system where the extra-planar molecular gas is identified, is an ideal case to probe in depth how ram pressure affects molecular gas properties. Aiming to get more theoretical insights on the detailed stripping process of multi-phased ISM and its consequences, we have conducted simulations using the TIGRESS which could reproduce the realistic ISM under comparable conditions as NGC 4522. In this work, we compare the fraction of gas mass to stellar mass, star formation rates and gas depletion time scales of NGC 4522 with those measured from the simulations, not only inside the disk but also in the extra-planar space.

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