Stellar Motions in the Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 4650A

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2003-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303142v1

Astrophys.J. 587 (2003) L23-L26

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/375159

We present the first measurement of the stellar kinematics in the polar ring of NGC 4650A. There is well defined rotation, with the stars and gas rotating in the same direction, and with similar amplitude. The gaseous and stellar kinematics suggest an approximately flat rotation curve, providing further support for the hypothesis that the polar material resides in a disk rather than in a ring. The kinematics of the emission line gas at and near the center of the S0 suggests that the polar disk lacks a central hole. We have not detected evidence for two, equal mass, counterrotating stellar polar streams, as is predicted in the resonance levitation model proposed by Tremaine & Yu. A merger seems the most likely explanation for the structure and kinematics of NGC 4650A.

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