Ram pressure stripping of nearby dwarf galaxies for testing their mass

The discovery by MeerKAT that WLM, an isolated dwarf galaxy, is ram-pressurized raises fundamental questions about the dwarf galaxy interplay with the Inter-Galactic Medium (IGM). In order to study for the first time the possibility of ram pressure in dwarf galaxies, we present low-brightness MeerKAT HI emission maps around 4 dwarf galaxies at much higher sensitivity and resolution compared to the literature. This study will allow us to robustly establish the exact role of the IGM on dwarf galaxy evolution.