HI速度场与暗物质星系的形状
天体物理学
2007-05-23 v1
摘要
presented a new method for measuring gas盘velocity field偏离轴对称的程度。该方法是Franx, van Gorkom和de Zeeuw针对单个轨道气环所开发方法的扩展。该测量基于对完整velocity field的高阶谐波展开。利用摆动论计算势能扰动对这些谐波项的影响。我们证明s_1和s_3谐波可用于测量,其中为势能的拉伸率,为未知的观察角度。作为演示,我将该方法应用于两种螺旋星系的HI velocity field:NGC 2403和NGC 3198。
引用
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9610053,
title = {HI velocity fields and the shapes of dark matter halos},
author = {R. H. M. Schoenmakers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9610053},
year = {2007}
}
备注
To appear in "Dark and visible matter in galaxies and cosmological implications", A.S.P. Conf. Series, 8 pages, 3 figures, Latex, uses paspconf.sty