Tracing the kinematics of the whole ram pressure stripped tails in ESO 137-001
Rongxin Luo, Ming Sun, Pavel J\'achym, Will Waldron, Matteo Fossati,, Michele Fumagalli, Alessandro Boselli, Francoise Combes, Jeffrey D. P., Kenney, Yuan Li, Max Gronke

TL;DR
This study uses detailed spectroscopic observations to analyze the kinematics of ionized gas and stars in the ram pressure stripped tails of galaxy ESO 137-001, revealing velocity gradients, turbulence, and gas mixing, informing models of galaxy evolution.
Contribution
It provides the first detailed kinematic analysis of the entire ram pressure stripped tails in ESO 137-001 using MUSE data, linking observations with theoretical models.
Findings
Ionized gas extends at least 87 kpc from the galaxy.
Velocity gradient decreases and disappears beyond 45 kpc downstream.
Increased velocity dispersion indicates turbulence and oscillations in the gas flows.
Abstract
Ram pressure stripping (RPS) is an important process to affect the evolution of cluster galaxies and their surrounding environment. We present a large MUSE mosaic for ESO 137-001 and its stripped tails, and study the detailed distributions and kinematics of the ionized gas and stars. The warm, ionized gas is detected to at least 87 kpc from the galaxy and splits into three tails. There is a clear velocity gradient roughly perpendicular to the stripping direction, which decreases along the tails and disappears beyond kpc downstream. The velocity dispersion of the ionized gas increases to km s at kpc downstream and stays flat beyond. The stars in the galaxy disc present a regular rotation motion, while the ionized gas is already disturbed by the ram pressure. Based on the observed velocity gradient, we construct the velocity model for the residual…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies · Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics · Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
