Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 2 figures. Requires kluwer.sty. To appear in: J.E. Beckman (ed.) "The Evolution of Galaxies on Cosmological Timescale
Scientific paper
We present a comparison between ionized gas and stellar kinematics for a sample of 5 early-to-intermediate disc galaxies. We measured the major axis V and sigma radial profiles for both gas and stars, and the h3 and h4 radial profiles of the stars. We also derived from the R-band surface photometry of each galaxy the light contribution of their bulges and discs. In order to investigate the differences between the velocity fields of the sample galaxies we adopted the self-consistent dynamical model by Pignatelli & Galletta (1999), which takes into account the asymmetric drift effects, the projection effects along the line-of-sight and the non-Gaussian shape of the line profiles due to the presence of different components with distinct dynamical behavior. We find for the stellar component a sizeable asymmetric drift effect in the inner regions of all the sample galaxies, as it results by comparing their stellar rotation curves with the circular velocity predicted by the models. The galaxy sample is not wide enough to draw general conclusions. However, we have found a possible correlation between the presence of slowly-rising gas rotation curves and the ratio of the bulge/disc half luminosity radii, while there is no obvious correlation with the key parameter represented by the morphological classification, namely the bulge/disc luminosity ratio. Systems with a diffuse dynamically hot component (bulge or lens) with a scale length comparable to that of the disc are characterized by slowly-rising gas rotation curves. On the other hand, in systems with a small bulge the gas follows almost circular motions, regardless of the luminosity of the bulge itself.
Beckman John E.
Bertola Francesco
Corsini Enrico Maria
Pignatelli Ezio
Pizzella Alessandro
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