Bibcode
Elmegreen, B. G.; Hunter, Deidre A.; Ashley, Trisha; Nidever, David; Johnson, Megan; Simpson, Caroline; Pokrel, Nau Raj; Sanchez Almeida, J.; Munoz-Tunon, C.; Elmegreen, Debra; Mendez-Abreu, Jairo; Morales-Luis, A. B.
Bibliographical reference
IAU General Assembly, Meeting #29, #2251098
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2015
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Description
Accretion of gas from the cosmic web to galaxy halos and ultimately
their disks is a prediction of modern cosmological models but is rarely
observed directly or at the full rate expected from star formation. Here
we illustrate possible large-scale cosmic HI accretion onto the nearby
dwarf starburst galaxy IC10, observed with the VLA and GBT. We also
suggest that cosmic accretion is the origin of sharp metallicity drops
in the starburst regions of other dwarf galaxies, as observed with the
10-m GCT. Finally, we question the importance of cosmic accretion in
normal dwarf irregulars, for which a recent study of their far-outer
regions sees no need for, or evidence of, continuing gas buildup.