Lifetime of nuclear velocity dispersion drops in barred galaxies

Abstract

We have made hydro/N-body simulations with and without star formation to shed some light on the conditions under which a central kinematically cold stellar component (characterized by a velocity dispersion drop or σ-drop) could be created in a hot medium (e.g. a bulge) and survive enough time to be observed. We found that the timescale for a σ-drop formation could be short (less than 500 Myr) whereas its lifetime could be long (more than 1 Gyr) provided that the central region is continuously or regularly fed by fresh gas which leads to a continuous star formation activity. Star formation in the central region, even at a low rate as 1M_{sol} yr^{-1}, is mandatory to sustain a permanent σ-drop by replacing heated particles by new low-σones. We moreover show that as soon as star formation is switched off, the σ-drop begins to disappear.

7 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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