The HI Gas Disk Thickness of the Ultra-diffuse Galaxy AGC 242019
arXiv:2208.12495 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stac2340
Abstract
Ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) are as faint as dwarf galaxies but whose sizes are similar to those of spiral galaxies. A variety of formation mechanisms have been proposed, some of which could result in different disk thicknesses. In this study, we measure the radial profile of the HI scale height (h_g) and flaring angle (h_g/R) of AGC 242019 through the joint Poisson-Boltzmann equation based on its well spatially-resolved HI gas maps. The mean HI scale height of AGC 242019 is <h_g> \approx 537.15 \pm 89.4 pc, and the mean flaring angle is <h_g/R> \approx 0.19 \pm 0.03. As a comparison, we also derive the disk thickness for a sample of 14 dwarf irregulars. It is found that the HI disk of AGC 242019 has comparable thickness to dwarfs. This suggests that AGC 242019 is unlikely to experience much stronger stellar feedback than dwarf galaxies, which otherwise leads to a thicker disk for this galaxy.
arXiv comment9 pages, 7 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
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