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ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 131, 期 4, 页码 2056-2073出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/500589
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galaxies : dwarf; galaxies : evolution; galaxies : individual (ATCA J061608; 574552, ESO 121-G020, ESO 215-G?009, ESO 348-G009; ESO 428-G033, ESO 473-G024, ESO 505-G007, ESO 572-G009; IC 4212, MCG-04-02-003); galaxies : irregular; galaxies : ISM; galaxies : kinematics and dynamics; galaxies : photometry
We present a multiwavelength study (BVRI-band photometry and H I line interferometry) of nine late-type galaxies selected from the HIPASS Bright Galaxy Catalog on the basis of apparently high H I mass-to-light ratios (3 M-circle dot/L-circle dot,L- B < M-H (I)/L-B < 27 M-circle dot/L-circle dot,L- B). We find that most of the original estimates for M-H I/L-B based on available photographic magnitudes in the literature were too high and conclude that genuine high H I mass-to-light ratio (> 5 M-circle dot/L-circle dot,L- B) galaxies are rare in the local universe. Extreme high-M-H I/L-B galaxies such as ESO 215-G?009 appear to have formed only the minimum number of stars necessary to maintain the stability of their H I disks and could possibly be used to constrain galaxy formation models. They may also have been forming stars at a low, constant rate over their lifetimes. The best examples all have highly extended H I disks, are spatially isolated, and have normal baryonic content for their total masses but are deficient in stars. This suggests that high-M-H I/L-B galaxies are not lacking the baryons to create stars but are underluminous, as they lack either the internal or external stimulation for more extensive star formation.
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