A 100 kpc ram pressure tail trailing the group galaxy NGC 2276

Journal
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Date Issued
2024
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Roberts, I. D.
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van Weeren, R. J.
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Edler, H. W.
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Matijević, L.
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10.1051/0004-6361/202450672
Abstract
We present the discovery of a 100 kpc low-frequency radio tail behind the nearby group galaxy, NGC 2276. The extent of this tail is a factor of ten larger than previously reported from higher-frequency radio and X-ray imaging. The radio morphology of the galaxy disc and tail suggest that the tail was produced via ram-pressure stripping, cementing NGC 2276 as the clearest known example of ram-pressure stripping in a low-mass group. With multi-frequency imaging, we extract radio continuum spectra between ∼50 MHz and 1.2 GHz as a function of projected distance along the tail. All of the spectra are well fit by a simple model of spectral ageing due to synchrotron and inverse-Compton losses. From these fits we estimate a velocity of 870 km s‑1 for the stripped plasma across the plane of the sky, and a three-dimensional orbital velocity of 970 km s‑1 for NGC 2276. The orbital speed that we derive is in excellent agreement with the previous estimates from an X-ray shock analysis, despite the completely independent methodology.
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689
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