Bibcode
Erroz-Ferrer, S.; Knapen, J. H.; Font, J.; Beckman, J. E.
Referencia bibliográfica
Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 16, pp. 328-328
Fecha de publicación:
3
2015
Número de citas
3
Número de citas referidas
3
Descripción
We present a study of the kinematics of a sample of isolated spiral
galaxies in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies
(S4G). We use Hα Fabry-Perot data from the GHαFaS
instrument at the William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma,
complemented with images at 3.6 microns, in the R band and in the
Hα filter. The resulting data cubes and velocity field maps allow
a complete study of the kinematics of a galaxy, including in-depth
investigations of the rotation curve, velocity moment maps, velocity
residual maps, gradient maps and position-velocity (PV) diagrams. We
find clear evidence of the secular evolution processes going on in these
galaxies, such as asymmetries in the velocity field in the bar zone, and
non-circular motions, probably in response to the potential of the
structural components of the galaxies, or to past or present
interactions.