Star formation in the dwarf Seyfert galaxy NGC 4395: Evidence for both AGN and SNe feedback?

Abstract

We present a detailed multi-wavelength study of star formation in the dwarf galaxy NGC 4395 which hosts an active galactic nucleus (AGN). From our observations with the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope, we have compiled a catalogue of 284 star forming (SF) regions, out of which we could detect 120 SF regions in H$\alpha$ observations. Across the entire galaxy, we found the extinction corrected star formation rate (SFR) in the far ultra-violet (FUV) to range from 2.0 $\times$ 10${}^{-5}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ to 1.5 $\times$ 10${}^{-2}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ with a median of 3.0 $\times$ 10${}^{-4}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ and age to lie in the range of $\sim$ 1 to 98 Myr with a median of 14 Myr. In H$\alpha$ we found the SFR to range from 7.2 $\times$ 10${}^{-6}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ to 2.7 $\times$ 10${}^{-2}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ with a median of 1.7 $\times$ 10${}^{-4}$ M${}_{\odot }$yr${}^{-1}$ and age to lie between 3 to 6 Myr with a median of 5 Myr. The stellar ages derived from H$\alpha$ show a gradual decline with galactocentric distance. We found three SF regions close to the center of NGC~4395 with high SFR both from H$\alpha$ and UV which could be attributed to feedback effects from the AGN. We also found six other SF regions in one of the spiral arms having higher SFR. These are very close to supernovae remnants which could have enhanced the SFR locally. We obtained a specific SFR (SFR per unit mass) for the whole galaxy 4.64 $\times$ 10${}^{-10}$ yr${}^{-1}$.

10 pages, 11 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ

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