HI in Arp72 and similarities with M51-type systems

Abstract

We present neutral hydrogen (H{\sc i}) observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope ({\it GMRT}) of the interacting galaxies NGC5996 and NGC5994, which make up the Arp72 system. Arp72 is an M51-type system and shows a complex distribution of H{\sc i} tails and a bridge due to tidal interactions. H{\sc i} column densities ranging from 0.8$-1.8\times 10^{20}$ atoms cm${}^{-2}$ in the eastern tidal tail to 1.7$-2\times 10^{21}$ atoms cm${}^{-2}$ in the bridge connecting the two galaxies, are seen to be associated with star-forming regions. We discuss the morphological and kinematic similarities of Arp72 with M51, the archetypal example of the M51-type systems, and Arp86, another M51-type system studied with the {\it GMRT}, and suggest that a multiple passage model of Salo & Laurikainen may be preferred over the classical single passage model of Toomre & Toomre, to reproduce the H{\sc i} features in Arp72 as well as in other M-51 systems depicting similar optical and H{\sc i} features.

8 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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