Resolved ISM properties and scaling relations in the barred galaxy NGC 3627: constraints from NIKA2 observations
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT We investigate the interplay between star formation, interstellar medium (ISM) components, and dust properties in NGC 3627 using new NIKA2 1.15 and 2 mm observations from the IMEGIN Large Program. Our goal is to analyse dust and radio emission, decompose contributions in the millimetre–centimetre regime, and explore ISM properties within the galaxy. We perform spectral energy distribution fitting, at both global and spatial scales, using the THEMIS dust model within the HerBIE code, applied to data from 3.4 $\mu$m to 6 cm. We decompose emission into dust, free–free, and synchrotron components, and examine correlations with gas surface density and star formation activity. Additionally, we analyse the small dust grain fraction and its variation across the galaxy. We find $\sim$10 per cent radio emission at 2 mm, peaking at 18 per cent in the southern bar-end, which hosts the highest star formation activity. However, an isolated star-forming region beyond this bar-end is the most efficient, as indicated by its elevated dust production efficiency and effective yield, predicted by our simplistic dust evolution model. The 160 $\mu$m emission shows the strongest correlation with molecular gas, while 1.15 mm better traces the dust mass surface density. Small grains, which make up $\sim$13 per cent of dust mass (2 $\times$ 10$^7$ M$_{\odot }$), are depleted in intense radiation fields, with a notable deficit in the southern tidal tail. ISM properties and chemical evolution indicate that dynamical processes, such as bar-driven gas flows and tidal interactions, are crucial in shaping the galactic structure, influencing star formation efficiency, and dust distribution.
Authors: S Katsioli, E M Xilouris, F Galliano, R Adam, P Ade, H Ajeddig, S Amarantidis, P André, H Aussel, M Baes, A Beelen, A Benoît, S Berta, A Bongiovanni, J Bounmy, O Bourrion, M Calvo, A Catalano, D Chérouvrier, I De Looze, M De Petris, F -X Désert, S Doyle, E F C Driessen, G Ejlali, A Ferragamo, A Gomez, J Goupy, C Hanser, A Hughes, A P Jones, F Kéruzoré, C Kramer, B Ladjelate, G Lagache, S Leclercq, J -F Lestrade, J F Macías-Pérez, S C Madden, A Maury, F Mayet, A Monfardini, A Moyer-Anin, M Muñoz-Echeverría, I Myserlis, A Nersesian, A Paliwal, L Pantoni, D Paradis, L Perotto, G Pisano, N Ponthieu, V Revéret, A J Rigby, A Ritacco, H Roussel, F Ruppin, M Sánchez-Portal, S Savorgnano, K Schuster, A Sievers, M W L Smith, F Tabatabaei, J Tedros, C Tucker, N Ysard, R Zylka
Institutions: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Cité, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Université Paris-Saclay, Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation, CEA Paris-Saclay, Université Côte d'Azur, Lagrange Laboratory, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Cardiff University, Instituto de Radioastronomía Milimétrica, Ghent University, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Institut Néel, Université Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules, Sapienza University of Rome, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Centro de Astrobiología, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Université de Toulouse, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Argonne National Laboratory, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institute of Space Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, KU Leuven, University of Leeds, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, National Institute for Astrophysics, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Lyon 1 Université, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,046
OpenAlex ID: W7124561427