Kinematic analysis of the super-extended H I disk of the nearby spiral galaxy M 83

We present new H I observations of the nearby massive spiral galaxy M 83 taken with the JVLA at 21″ angular resolution (≈500 pc) of an extended (∼1.5 deg²) ten-point mosaic combined with GBT single-dish data. We study the super-extended H I disk of M 83 (∼50 kpc in radius), in particular disk kinematics, rotation, and the turbulent nature of the atomic interstellar medium. We define distinct regions in the outer disk (r_gal> central optical disk), including a ring, a southern area, a southern arm and a northern arm. We examine H I gas surface density, velocity dispersion, and noncircular motions in the outskirts, which we compare to the inner optical disk. We find an increase of velocity dispersion (σ_v) toward the pronounced H I ring, indicative of more turbulent H I gas. Additionally, we report over a large galactocentric radius range (until r_gal ∼ 50 kpc) where σ_v is slightly larger than thermal component (i.e., > 8 km s⁻¹). We find that a higher star-formation rate (as traced by far UV emission) is not necessarily always associated with a higher H I velocity dispersion, suggesting that radial transport could be a dominant driver for the enhanced velocity dispersion. Furthermore, we find a possible branch that connects the extended H I disk to the dwarf irregular galaxy UGCA 365 and that deviates from the general direction of the northern arm. Lastly, we compare mass flow rate profiles (based on 2D and 3D tilted ring models) and find evidence for outflowing gas at r_gal ∼ 2 kpc, inflowing gas at r_gal ∼ 5.5 kpc, and outflowing gas at r_gal ∼ 14 kpc. We caution that mass flow rates are highly sensitive to the assumed kinematic disk parameters, in particular to inclination.

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Based on observations carried out with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA). The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.