Another Flattened Dark Halo: Plar Ring Galaxy A0136-0801

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1994-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9412011v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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10.1063/1.48388

Knowledge of the shape of dark matter halos is critical to our understanding of galaxy formation, dynamics, and of the nature of dark matter itself. Polar ring galaxies (PRGs) --- early-type galaxies defined by their outer rings of gas, dust and stars on orbits nearly perpendicular to those of the central host --- provide a rare probe of the vertical-to-radial axis ratio $ (q_{\rho} = c/a)$ of dark halos. We present a Fabry-Perot velocity field for the H$\alpha$ gas in the kinematically-confirmed PRG \gal. By comparing ring orbits evolved in a generalized mass model to the observed ring velocity field and morphology of \gal, we conclude that $q_\rho \sim 0.5$ and rule out a spherical geometry.

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