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The internal dynamical equilibrium of HII regions: a statistical study

M. Relano·J. E. Beckman·A. Zurita·M. Rozas·C. Giammanco
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We present an analysis of the integrated Halpha emission line profiles for the HII region population of the spiral galaxies NGC 1530, NGC 6951 and NGC 3359. We show that 70% of the line profiles show two or three Gaussian components. The relations between the Halpha luminosity and non-thermal line width for the HII regions of the three galaxies are studied and compared with the relation found taken all the HII regions of the three galaxies as a single distribution. A clearer envelope in non-thermal line width is found when only those HII regions with non-thermal line width bigger than 13kms are considered. The linear fit for the envelope is logL=36.8+2.0*log(sigma). The masses of the HII regions on the envelope using the virial theorem and the mass estimates from the Halpha luminosity are comparable, which offers evidence that the HII regions on the envelope are virialized systems, while the remaining regions, the majority, are not in virial equilibrium.

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M. Relano, J. E. Beckman, A. Zurita, M. Rozas, C. Giammanco. 2004-10-20. The internal dynamical equilibrium of HII regions: a statistical study. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361%3A20040483

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