English
Related papers

Related papers: Kinematics of the dwarf irregular galaxy GR8

200 papers

We present the results of a spectroscopic survey of the kinematic structure of star-forming galaxies at redshift z ~ 2 - 3 using Keck/OSIRIS integral field spectroscopy. Our sample is comprised of 12 galaxies between redshifts z ~ 2.0 and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-18 David R. Law , Charles C. Steidel , Dawn K. Erb , James E. Larkin , Max Pettini , Alice E. Shapley , Shelley A. Wright

We present complementary data on 5 intermediate redshift (0.44 < z < 0.66) MgII absorbing galaxies, combining high spatial resolution imaging from HST, high--resolution QSO spectroscopy from Keck/HIRES, and galaxy kinematics from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. C. Steidel , J. A. Kollmeier , A. E. Shapley , C. W. Churchill , M. Dickinson , M. Pettini

B,V CCD frames have been used to derive surface brightness profiles for NGC 3201 out to ~18 arcmin. A total of 857 radial velocities with median precision ~1 km/s for 399 member giants have been used to trace the velocity dispersion profile…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Patrick Cote , Douglas L. Welch , Philippe Fischer , K. Gebhardt

NGC 205 is the nearest example of a dwarf elliptical (dE) galaxy and the prototype of this enigmatic galaxy class. Photometric evidence suggests that NGC 205, a close satellite of the M31 galaxy, is tidally interacting with its parent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Geha , P. Guhathakurta , R. M. Rich , M. C. Cooper

We present a detailed analysis of the neutral hydrogen kinematics of 12 nearby dwarf irregular galaxies observed as part of the Local Volume HI Survey (LVHIS) conducted at the Australia Telescope Compact Array. For each galaxy we measure…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Emma M. Kirby , Baerbel Koribalski , Helmut Jerjen , Angel Lopez-Sanchez

We present Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope 21-cm HI observations towards a sample of compact radio sources behind galaxy groups, to search for cool HI. The results -- from high dynamic range spectra for 8 lines-of-sight through 7 galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 D. A. Green , M. S. Clemens , P. Alexander , H. Cullen , B. Nikolic

We present VLA 21-cm observations of the spiral galaxy ESO 481-G017 to determine the nature of remote star formation traced by an HII region found 43 kpc and ~800 km s^-1 from the galaxy center (in projection). ESO 481-G017 is found to have…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Nitza Santiago-Figueroa , Mary E. Putman , Jessica Werk , Gerhardt R. Meurer , Emma Ryan-Weber

The peculiar velocity field offers a unique way to probe dark matter density field on large scales at low redshifts. In this work, we have compiled a new sample of 465 peculiar velocities from low redshift $(z < 0.067)$ Type Ia supernovae.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-05 Supranta S. Boruah , Michael J. Hudson , Guilhem Lavaux

We present first results for Faraday rotation of compact polarized sources (1 to 2 GHz continuum) in The HI/OH/Recombination line (THOR) survey of the inner Galaxy. In the Galactic longitude range 39 degr < l < 52 degr, we find rotation…

We present Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) HI observations of 15 edge-on spiral galaxies of intermediate to late morphological type. The global properties and the distribution and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Kregel , P. C. van der Kruit , W. J. G. de Blok

Typical stars in the Milky Way galaxy have velocities of hundreds of kilometres per second and experience gravitational accelerations of $\sim 10^{-10}$ m s$^{-2}$, resulting in velocity changes of a few centimetres per second over a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-18 Hamish Silverwood , Richard Easther

We aim to explore whether strong magnetic fields can be effectively generated in low-mass dwarf galaxies and, if so, whether such fields can be affected by galactic outflows and spread out into the intergalactic medium (IGM). We performed a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-16 Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Robert T. Drzazga , Rainer Beck , Marek Urbanik , Volker Heesen , Dominik J. Bomans

Spatially resolved velocity profiles are presented for nine faint field galaxies in the redshift range 0.1 < z < 1, based on moderate-resolution spectroscopy obtained with the Keck 10 m telescope. These data were augmented with…

Our GMRT HI observations of the ultra diffuse galaxy (UDG) UGC 2162, projected $\sim$ 300 kpc from the centre of the M77 group, reveal it to a have an extended HI disk (R$_{HI}$/R$_{25}$ $\sim$ 3.3) with a moderate rotational velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-31 Chandreyee Sengupta , T. C. Scott , Aeree Chung , O. Ivy Wong

We present deep HI 21-cm and optical observations of the face-on spiral galaxy M 83 obtained as part of a project to search for high-velocity clouds (HVCs) in nearby galaxies. Anomalous-velocity neutral gas is detected toward M 83, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Eric D. Miller , Joel N. Bregman , Bart P. Wakker

Understanding the physical conditions and feedback mechanisms in early massive galaxies is essential to uncover how they formed and evolved during the first billion years of the Universe. In this context, the galaxy EGSY8p7/CEERS-1019 at…

The central region of the Galaxy has been observed at 580, 620 and 1010 MHz with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). We detect emission from Sgr-A*, the compact object at the dynamical centre of the Galaxy, and estimate its flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Subhashis Roy , A. Pramesh Rao

Dwarf Irregular galaxies (dIrrs) are the smallest stellar systems with extended HI discs. The study of the kinematics of such discs is a powerful tool to estimate the total matter distribution at these very small scales. In this work, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-22 Giuliano Iorio , Filippo Fraternali , Carlo Nipoti , Enrico Di Teodoro , Justin I. Read , Giuseppina Battaglia

We report the gross properties of the velocity field of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3367. The following values were found: inclination with respect to the plane of the sky, i=30 deg; position angle (PA) of receding semi major axis PA=51…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 J. Antonio Garcia-Barreto , M. Rosado

Gas response to the underlying stellar spirals is explored for M81 using unmagnetized hydrodynamic simulations. Constrained within the uncertainty of observations, 18 simulations are carried out to study the effects of selfgravity and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Hsiang-Hsu Wang , Wing-Kit Lee , Ronald E. Taam , Chien-Chang Feng , Lien-Hsuan Lin