A warped disk model for M33 and the 21-cm line width in spiral galaxies

Details A warped disk model for M33 and the 21-cm line width in spiral galaxies A warped disk model for M33 and the 21-cm line width in spiral galaxies

1996-10-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9610087v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

27 pages, ps files only, ApJ in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/303849

To determine the actual HI distribution and the velocity field in the outermost disk of the spiral galaxy M33, a tilted-ring model is fitted to 21-cm line data taken with the Arecibo Telescope. Since M33 is one of the main calibrators for the extragalactic distance scale derived through the Tully-Fisher relation, the outer disk warping is of interest for a correct determination and deprojection of the galaxy's line width. Even though our best model predicts small effects on the observed line width of M33, we show that similar outer disk warping in galaxies oriented differently along our line of sight could affect the widths considerably. Therefore there may be systematic effects in the determination of the rotation velocities and dynamic masses of spiral galaxies, whose exact value depends also on which method is used for measuring the galaxy's total line width.

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