The Vcirc-σc relation in high and low surface brightness galaxies
Abstract
We investigate the relation between the asymptotic circular velocity, Vcirc, and the central stellar velocity dispersion, σc, in galaxies. We consider a new sample of high surface brightness spiral galaxies (HSB), low surface brightness spiral galaxies (LSB), and elliptical galaxies with HI-based Vcirc measurements. We find that: 1) elliptical galaxies with HI measurements fit well within the relation; 2) a linear law can reproduce the data as well as a power law (used in previous works) even for galaxies with σc < 70 km/s; 3) LSB galaxies, considered for the first time with this respect, seem to behave differently, showing either larger Vcirc values or smaller σc values.
- Publication:
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The Interplay Among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921304002029
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0404284
- Bibcode:
- 2004IAUS..222..197P
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 2 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Proc. IAU Symp. 222, "The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei" eds. Th. Storchi Bergmann, L.C. Ho &