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The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). V. Discovery of a Dwarf–Dwarf Galaxy Pair at z = 0.30 and Its Characterization Using Deep VLT/MUSE Observations

  • Authors: Evelyn J. Johnston, Paul Eigenthaler, Thomas H. Puzia, Yasna Ordenes-Briceño, Matthew A. Taylor, Karla Alamo-Martínez, Patrick Côté, Gaspar Galaz, Eva K. Grebel, Michael Hilker, Ariane Lançon, Steffen Mieske, Ruben Sánchez-Janssen, and Yu Rong

2019 The Astrophysical Journal 873 59.

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Caption: Figure 7.

The BPT diagrams for each spaxel covered by Galaxy ﹩{ \mathcal A }﹩ (red) and ﹩{ \mathcal B }﹩ (blue), where the size of the point represents the S/N of that measurement and the shading reflects the distance from the center of the galaxy. The gray points represent the measurements from the MPA-JHU SDSS DR7 galaxies for comparison, and the upward and downward pointing triangles with error bars represent the measurements from the integrated spectra for Galaxy ﹩{ \mathcal A }﹩ and ﹩{ \mathcal B }﹩ (filled) and the best fit to the gas emission lines from that spectrum (hollow), respectively. The shock-ionization model grids of Allen et al. (2008) are overlaid for reference, showing the predicted line ratios for shocks with velocities of 200–1000 km s−1 (horizontal lines), magnetic fields of strengths 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10 μG (vertical lines), and for solar abundances from Dopita et al. (2005).

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