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Hα kinematics of S4G spiral galaxies - II. Data description and non-circular motions.

Authors :
Erroz-Ferrer, Santiago
Knapen, Johan H.
Leaman, Ryan
Cisternas, Mauricio
Font, Joan
Beckman, John E.
Sheth, Kartik
MuËœnoz-Mateos, Juan Carlos
Díaz-García, Simón
Bosma, Albert
Athanassoula, E.
Elmegreen, Bruce G.
Ho, Luis C.
Taehyun Kim
Laurikainen, Eija
Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma
Meidt, Sharon E.
Salo, Heikki
Source :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters; 7/21/2015, Vol. 451 Issue 1, p1004-1024, 21p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

We present a kinematical study of 29 spiral galaxies included in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies, using Hα Fabry-Perot (FP) data obtained with the Galaxy Hα Fabry- Perot System instrument at the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma, complemented with images in the R band and in Hα. The primary goal is to study the evolution and properties of the main structural components of galaxies through the kinematical analysis of the FP data, complemented with studies of morphology, star formation and mass distribution. In this paper we describe how the FP data have been obtained, processed and analysed. We present the resulting moment maps, rotation curves, velocity model maps and residual maps. Images are available in FITS format through the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database and the Centre de DonnÂ'ees Stellaires. With these data products we study the non-circular motions, in particular those found along the bars and spiral arms. The data indicate that the amplitude of the non-circular motions created by the bar does not correlate with the bar strength indicators. The amplitude of those non-circular motions in the spiral arms does not correlate with either arm class or star formation rate along the spiral arms. This implies that the presence and the magnitude of the streaming motions in the arms is a local phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17453925
Volume :
451
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
111205439
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv924