High-resolution optical velocity fields of 11 low surface brightness galaxies

Rachel Kuzio De Naray*, Stacy S. McGaugh, W. J.G. De Blok, A. Bosma

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    Abstract

    We present high-resolution two-dimensional velocity fields from integral field spectroscopy, along with derived rotation curves for 11 low surface brightness galaxies. We fit NFW and pseudoisothermal halo models to the new data combined with previous long-slit and H I data. In most cases, we find the pseudoisothermal halo to better represent the data than the NFW halo, as the NFW concentrations are often lower than expected for a ACDM cosmology. We also compare our results to previous studies and find that including the new two-dimensional optical data does not significantly alter the halo parameters but does decrease the uncertainties by roughly a factor of 2.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)461-479
    Number of pages19
    JournalAstrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
    Volume165
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2006

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