ON THE BAR PATTERN SPEED DETERMINATION OF NGC 3367
An important dynamic parameter of barred galaxies is the bar pattern speed, {omega} {sub P}. Among several methods that are used for the determination of {omega} {sub P}, the Tremaine-Weinberg method has the advantage of model independence and accuracy. In this work, we apply the method to a simulat...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Astrophysical journal 2009-09, Vol.702 (1) |
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Zusammenfassung: | An important dynamic parameter of barred galaxies is the bar pattern speed, {omega} {sub P}. Among several methods that are used for the determination of {omega} {sub P}, the Tremaine-Weinberg method has the advantage of model independence and accuracy. In this work, we apply the method to a simulated bar including gas dynamics and study the effect of two-dimensional spectroscopy data quality on robustness of the method. We added white noise and a Gaussian random field to the data and measured the corresponding errors in {omega} {sub P}. We found that a signal to noise ratio in surface density {approx}5 introduces errors of {approx}20% for the Gaussian noise, while for the white noise the corresponding errors reach {approx}50%. At the same time, the velocity field is less sensitive to contamination. On the basis of the performed study, we applied the method to the NGC 3367 spiral galaxy using H{alpha} Fabry-Perot interferometry data. We found {omega} {sub P} = 43 {+-} 6 km s{sup -1} kpc{sup -1} for this galaxy. |
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ISSN: | 0004-637X 1538-4357 |
DOI: | 10.1088/0004-637X/702/1/392;COUNTRYOFINPUT:INTERNATIONALATOMICENERGYAGENCY(IAEA) |