Pitch angles of distant spiral galaxies

Details Pitch angles of distant spiral galaxies Pitch angles of distant spiral galaxies

2011-10-27

arxiv.org/abs/1110.6111v1

Astron. Lett., vol.37, 817-825, 2011; Pis'ma Astron.Zh., vol.37, 883-891, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

9 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We have studied the pitch angles of spiral arms for 31 distant galaxies at z~0.7 from three Hubble Deep Fields (HDF-N, HDF-S, HUDF). Using the pitch angle - rotation velocity relation calibrated from nearby galaxies, we have estimated the rotation velocities of galaxies from the deep fields. These estimates have a low accuracy (~50 km/s), but they allow low-mass and giant galaxies to be distinguished. The Tully-Fisher relation constructed using our velocity estimates shows satisfactory agreement with the actually observed relations for distant galaxies and provides evidence for the luminosity evolution of spiral galaxies.

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