Kinematics of the ionized gas in the Local Group irregular galaxy IC 1613

Citation
M. Valdez-gutierrez et al., Kinematics of the ionized gas in the Local Group irregular galaxy IC 1613, ASTRON ASTR, 366(1), 2001, pp. 35-53
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
366
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
35 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200101)366:1<35:KOTIGI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We present H alpha and [SII] observations for the Local Group irregular gal axy IC 1613 using the PUMA scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer. Our goal is to analyze the kinematics of the ionized gas in the complex sample of supe rbubbles located in the whole extension of our field (10'), which includes most of the optical emission of this galaxy, and to study the inter-relatio nship between young stellar associations and nebulae based on a previous st udy that we have made on the stellar associations of the central region of this galaxy. The ionized gas in this galaxy is distributed in classical HII regions and in a series of superbubbles (also called giant shells) coverin g a large fraction of the optical extent of the galaxy. We present a catalo g of kinematical properties of both the HII regions of this galaxy and the superbubbles. We have also compared the kinematics of the ionized gas in HI I regions to search for possible dynamic differences between neutral and io nized gas.