Detection of a Corrugated Velocity Pattern in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 5427

Details Detection of a Corrugated Velocity Pattern in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 5427 Detection of a Corrugated Velocity Pattern in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 5427

2000-11-14

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0011263v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/319720

Here we report the detection, in Halpha emission, of a radial corrugation in the velocity field of the spiral galaxy NGC 5427. The central velocity of the Halpha line displays coherent, wavy-like variations in the vicinity of the spiral arms. The spectra along three different arm segments show that the maximum amplitude of the sinusoidal line variations are displaced some 500 pc from the central part of the spiral arms. The peak blueshifted velocities appear some 500 pc upstream the arm, whereas the peak redshifted velocities are located some 500 pc downstream the arm. This kinematical behavior is similar to the one expected in a galactic bore generated by the interaction of a spiral density wave with a thick gaseous disk, as recently modeled by Martos & Cox (1998).

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