Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
AJ in press, Nov. 99
Scientific paper
10.1086/301066
Using the example of the Sd galaxy NGC 5585, it is shown that high resolution 2-D HII kinematical data are necessary to determine accurately the parameters of the mass distribution in spirals. New CFHT Fabry-Perot Halpha observations are combined with low resolution (20") Westerbork HI data to study its mass distribution. Using the combined rotation curve and best fit models, it can be seen that M/L of the luminous disk goes from 0.3 using only the HI rotation curve, to 0.8 using both the optical and the radio data. This reduces the dark-to-luminous mass ratio in NGC 5585 by ~30% through increasing the dark matter halo core radius by nearly the same amount. This shows the importance of the inner, rising part of the rotation curve for the accurate determination of the parameters of the global mass (luminous & dark) distribution and suggests that such a fine tuning of the rotation velocities using high resolution 2-D HII kinematics is necessary to look at correlations between the parameters of the dark matter component and other properties of galaxies.
Amram Philippe
Blais-Ouellette Sebastien
Carignan Claude
Cote Stephanie
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