The orientation parameters and rotation curves of 15 spiral galaxies

Details The orientation parameters and rotation curves of 15 spiral galaxies The orientation parameters and rotation curves of 15 spiral galaxies

2004-09-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0409622v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted in A&A, fig. 2-19 are low-resolution JPGs, for high-resolution PS see http://www.sao.ru/hq/moisav/moisav/fintext.ps.g

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:200400087

We analyzed ionized gas motion and disk orientation parameters for 15 spiral galaxies. Their velocity fields were measured with the H-alpha emission line by using the Fabry-Perot interferometer at the 6m telescope of SAO RAS. Special attention is paid to the problem of estimating the position angle of the major axis (PA_0) and the inclination (i) of a disk, which strongly affect the derived circular rotation velocity. We discuss and compare different methods of obtaining these parameters from kinematic and photometric observations, taking into account the presence of regular velocity (brightness) perturbations caused by spiral density waves. It is shown that the commonly used method of tilted rings may lead to systematic errors in the estimation of orientation parameters (and hence of circular velocity) being applied to galaxies with an ordered spiral structure. Instead we recommend using an assumption of constancy of i and PA_0 along a radius, to estimate these parameters. For each galaxy of our sample we present monochromatic H-alpha- and continuum maps, velocity fields of ionized gas, and the mean rotation curves in the frame of a model of pure circular gas motion. Significant deviations from circular motion with amplitudes of several tens of km/s (or higher) are found in almost all galaxies. The character and possible nature of the non-circular motion are briefly discussed.

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