TY  - GEN 
AU  - Duc, P.-A.
AU  - Braine, J.
AU  - Lisenfeld , Ute
AU  - Brinks, E.
AU  - Boquien, Mérédic
PY  - 2007
SN  - 0004-6361
SN  - 1432-0746
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/28398
AB  - Context.Numerical simulations predict the existence of old Tidal Dwarf Galaxies (TDGs) that would have survived several Gyr after the collision lying at their origin. Such survivors, which would by now have become independent relaxed galaxies, would...
AB  - Aims.A dwarf galaxy in the nearby Virgo Cluster, VCC 2062, exhibits several unusual properties that are typical of a galaxy made out of recycled material. We discuss whether it may indeed be a TDG.
AB  - Methods.We analysed multi-wavelength observations of VCC 2062, including a CO map acquired with the IRAM 30 m dish, an optical spectrum of its HII regions, GALEX ultraviolet and archival broad-band and narrow-band optical images as well as a VLA HI...
AB  - Results.VCC 2062 appears to be the optical, low surface brightness counterpart of a kinematically detached, rotating condensation that formed within an HI tail apparently physically linked to the disturbed galaxy NGC 4694. In contrast to its faint...
AB  - Conclusions.VCC 2062 was most likely formed within a pre-enriched gaseous structure expelled from a larger galaxy as a result of a tidal interaction. The natural provider for the gaseous tail is NGC 4694 or rather a former companion which subsequently...
LA  - eng
PB  - European Southern Observatory (ESO); Springer Verlag
KW  - Galaxies
KW  - Interactions
KW  - Peculiar
KW  - Dwarf
KW  - Clusters
KW  - VCC 2062
KW  - NGC 4694
KW  - ISM
KW  - Molecules
TI  - VCC 2062: an old tidal dwarf galaxy in the Virgo cluster?
DO  - 10.1051/0004-6361:20078335
ER  -