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NGC 1266 as a local candidate for rapid cessation of star formation

  • Katherine Alatalo
  • , Kristina Nyland
  • , Genevieve Graves
  • , Susana Deustua
  • , Kristen Shapiro Griffin
  • , Pierre-Alain Duc
  • , Michele Cappellari
  • , Richard M. McDermid
  • , Timothy A. Davis
  • , Alison F. Crocker
  • , Lisa M. Young
  • , Philip Chang
  • , Nicholas Scott
  • , Sabrina L. Cales
  • , Estelle Bayet
  • , Leo Blitz
  • , Maxime Bois
  • , Frédéric Bournaud
  • , Martin Bureau
  • , Roger L. Davies
  • P. T. de Zeeuw, Eric Emsellem, Sadegh Khochfar, Davor Krajnović, Harald Kuntschner, Raffaella Morganti, Thorsten Naab, Tom Oosterloo, Marc Sarzi, Paolo Serra, Anne-Marie Weijmans

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Abstract

We present new Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae (SAURON) integral-field spectroscopy and Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) observations of molecular outflow host galaxy NGC 1266 that indicate NGC 1266 has experienced a rapid cessation of star formation. Both the SAURON maps of stellar population age and the Swift UVOT observations demonstrate the presence of young (~ 1 Gyr by cyclically injecting turbulent energy into the dense molecular gas via a radio jet, inhibiting star formation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number186
Number of pages10
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume780
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Galaxies: active
  • Galaxies: evolution
  • Galaxies: individual: NGC 1266

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