Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: We have developed a method for finding dynamical resonances in disk galaxies using the change in sense of the radial component of the in-plane velocity at a resonance radius. Using simulations we show that we would expect to find these changes at corotation radii with a weaker effect at the Lindblad resonances. The method works well with observations at high spectral and angular resolutions, and is suited to the analysis of two-dimensional velocity fields in Hα from Fabry–Perot spectroscopy. We find clear indications of resonance effects in the disk velocity fields of virtually all of the 104 galaxies. The number of resonance radii detected ranges from one to seven, with a median of four. The frequency curves Ω, Ω ± κ/2, Ω ± κ/4 against radius for all the galaxies led us to discover a pattern in over 70% of the sample: given two pattern speeds, say Ω 1 and Ω 2 , the OLR of Ω 1 coincides with the corotation of Ω 2 , and the inner 4:1 resonance of Ω 2 coincides with the corotation of Ω 1 . Although the second coincidence has been predicted, a prediction of this double coincidence is not found in the literature. This pattern is found once in 42 of the galaxies, twice in a further 26, three times in 5, and even four times in 1 galaxy. We also compute the ratio of corotation radius to bar length where we have sufficient image quality, finding a mean value of 1.3, and a shallow increase toward later type galaxies.
Authors: J. Font, J. E. Beckman, M. Querejeta, B. Epinat, P. A. James, J. Blasco-herrera, S. Erroz-Ferrer, I. Pérez
Institutions: Universidad de La Laguna, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Liverpool John Moores University, Stockholm University, AlbaNova, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Universidad de Granada
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,499
OpenAlex ID: W2093070922