Evidence of fast rotation in dwarf elliptical galaxies

Details Evidence of fast rotation in dwarf elliptical galaxies Evidence of fast rotation in dwarf elliptical galaxies

2002-04-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0204173v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 332 (2002) L59

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

5 pages, 4 figures, MNRAS accepted

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05565.x

In this Paper we investigate the kinematical properties of early-type dwarfs by significantly enlarging the scarce observational sample so far available. We present rotation curves and mean velocity dispersions for four bright dwarf ellipticals and two dwarf lenticular galaxies in the Virgo cluster. Most of these galaxies exhibit conspicuous rotation curves. In particular, five out of the six new galaxies are found to be close to the predictions for oblate spheroids flattened by rotation. Therefore, and contrary to the previous observational hints, the present data suggest that an important fraction of dwarf early-type galaxies may be rotationally supported.

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