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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
卷 436, 期 3, 页码 837-844出版社
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20052915
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galaxies : dwarf; galaxies : starburst; galaxies : star clusters; radio continuum : galaxies radio; continuum : ISM; ISM : supernova remnants
We present 1.4, 4.8 and 8.4 GHz Very Large Array observations of the lowest metallicity blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy known, IZw 18, with a heavy element abundance of similar to 2% that of the Sun. The 1.4 and 4.8 GHz images reveal a halo of mostly non-thermal extended emission, with asymmetric lobes extending laterally in the east-west direction. We interpret the radio halo as produced by a superbubble carved out in the interstellar medium (ISM) by supernovae, with a bipolar outflow oriented along the galaxy's rotation axis. The overall spectral index is -0.39 from 1.4 Ghz to 4.8 Ghz and -0.13 from 4.8 to 8.4 GHz. The radio luminosity of IZw 18 has a thermal to total emission fraction of 0.30 at 1.4 GHz. This fraction increases to 0.41 at 4.8 GHz and to 0.47 at 8.4 GHz. The thermal radio luminosity gives a total of 1200 O7 V stars and a star formation rate of 0.1 M-circle dot yr(-1). Unlike the BCD SBS 0335-052 which has a similar metallicity and forms stars with a high rate in regions which are dense and compact, IZw 18 makes stars at a smaller rate in complexes which are difuse and extended. Star formation in BCDs thus appears to occur in a bimodal fashion, independently of the metallicity of the interstellar medium.
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