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A. Omar

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arXiv2005

Radio continuum and far-infrared emission from the galaxies in the Eridanus group

The Eridanus galaxies follow the well-known radio-FIR correlation. Majority (70%) of these galaxies have their star formation rates below that of the Milky Way. The galaxies having a significant excess of radio emission are identified as low luminosity AGNs based on their radio morphologies obtained from the GMRT observations. There are no powerful AGNs (L{20cm} > 10^{23} W Hz^{-1}) in the group. The two most far-infrared and radio luminous galaxies in the group have optical and HI morphologies suggestive of recent tidal interactions. The Eridanus group also has two far-infrared luminous but radio-deficient galaxies. It is believed that these galaxies are observed within a few Myr of the onset of an intense star formation episode after being quiescent for at least a 100 Myr. The upper end of the radio luminosity distribution of the Eridanus galaxies (L_{20cm} ~ 10^{22} W Hz^{-1}) is consistent with that of the field galaxies, other groups, and late-type galaxies in nearby clusters.

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arXiv2004

HI deficiency in groups : what can we learn from Eridanus

The HI content of the Eridanus group of galaxies is studied using the GMRT observations and the HIPASS data. A significant HI deficiency up to a factor of 2-3 is observed in galaxies in the Eridanus group. The deficiency is found to be directly correlated with the projected galaxy density and inversely correlated with the line-of-sight radial velocity. It is suggested that the HI deficiency is due to tidal interactions. An important implication is that significant evolution of galaxies can take place in a group environment.

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arXiv2002

Multi-frequency GMRT Observations of the HII regions S 201, S 206, and S 209 : Galactic Temperature Gradient

We present radio continuum images of three Galactic HII regions, S 201, S 206, and S 209 near 232, 327, and 610 MHz using the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The GMRT has a mix of short and long baselines, therefore, even though the data have high spatial resolution, the maps are still sensitive to diffuse extended emission. We find that all three HII regions have bright cores surrounded by diffuse envelopes. We use the high resolution afforded by the data to estimate the electron temperatures and emission measures of the compact cores of these HII regions. Our estimates of electron temperatures are consistent with a linear increase of electron temperature with Galacto-centric distance for distances up to 18 kpc (the distance to the most distant HII region in our sample).

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arXiv2002

GMRT and VLA observations of HI and OH from the Seyfert galaxy Mrk 1

We present Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observations of the HI 21 cm line and Very Large Array (VLA) observations of the OH 18 cm line from the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 1. HI emission is detected from both Mrk 1 and its companion NGC 451. The HI emission morphology and the velocity field of Mrk 1 are disturbed. We speculate that the nuclear activities of Mrk 1 are triggered by tidal interactions. We have also detected two-component HI 21 cm line and the OH 18 cm line in absorption toward the nucleus of Mrk 1 at blueshifted velocities with respect to its systemic velocity indicating an outflow of atomic and molecular gas. The profile of the OH absorption is qualitatively similar to that of the HI absorption. The higher velocity components of the HI and OH (1667 MHz) absorption lines are blueshifted from the O[III]5007, O[I]6300, and the systemic velocity by ~ 100 km s^{-1}, but are consistent with the O[II]3727 velocity. We explain these velocity discrepancies as due to shock ionization of a region which is pushed forward due to shocks in front of the radio nucleus thereby giving apparent blueshift to HI, OH, and O[II] velocities. The optical depth ratios tau{HI}/tau{OH1667} of both the components of the HI and OH absorption are ~3, indicating their origin in dense molecular clouds. Using OH/A_{v} values for the Galactic molecular clouds, we obtain 9 < A_{v} < 90 toward the line of sight of Mrk 1.

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