Ultramassive (about 10 to the 11th solar mass) dark core in the luminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240?

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Apr 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...371l..19b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 371, April 10, 1991, p. L19-L22.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Nuclei, Galactic Rotation, Galactic Structure, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Interacting Galaxies, Astronomical Photometry, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Fabry-Perot Interferometers, Infrared Astronomy

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The first complete kinematic maps for the superluminous IR galaxy NGC 6240 are reported. The data reveal two dynamical disks that exhibit radically different rotation and are closely spaced in velocity and position. One disk is roughly aligned with the major axis of the near-IR continuum and exhibits flat rotation out to about 20 arsec in radius, centered on the doubled nucleus seen at optical, near-IR, and radio wavelengths. The rotation turns over at r(t1) roughly 7.2 arcsec with a peak-to-peak velocity amplitude of roughly 280/sin i1 km/s, where i1 is the disk inclination. The rotation curve of the second disk comprises an unresolved or marginally resolved central velocity gradient with a peak-to-peak amplitude of roughly 800/sin i2 km/s within r(t2) of 2.5 arcsec, and a faster than Keplerian dropoff outside r(t2). The peak rotation implies a compact mass M2 greater than 4.5 x 10 to the 10th solar mass/sin-squared i2 within a radius of 1.2 kpc.

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