Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves

Details Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves

2004-06-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0406492v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 5 figures, to appear in proceeding to a conference entitled "Penetrating Bars Through Masks of Cosmic Dust: The Hubbl

Scientific paper

We present near-infrared K-band images of 15 galaxies. We have performed a Fourier analysis on the spiral structure of these galaxies in order to determine their pitch angles and dust-penetrated arm classes. We have also obtained rotation curve data for these galaxies and calculated their shear rates. We show that there is a correlation between pitch angle and shear rate and conclude that the main determinant of pitch angle is the mass distribution within the galaxy. This correlation provides a physical basis for the dust-penetrated classification scheme of Block & Puerari (1999).

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Dust penetrated arm classes: insight from rising and falling rotation curves will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-246980