Vertical motions in the gaseous disk of the spiral galaxy NGC 3631

Fridman, A. M.; Koruzhii, O. V.; Zasov, A. V.; Sil'chenko, O. K.; Moiseev, A. V.; Burlak, A. N.; Afanas'ev, V. L.; Dodonov, S. N.; Knapen, J.
Referencia bibliográfica

Astronomy Letters, Volume 24, Issue 6, November 1998, pp.764-773; Pis'ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 24, p. 883

Fecha de publicación:
11
1998
Número de autores
9
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
20
Número de citas referidas
17
Descripción
The velocity field of the nearly face-on galaxy NGC 3631 is derived from observations in the Hα line on the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. These optical data are compared with radio observations of this galaxy (Knapen 1997). It is argued that the two-armed spiral structure of NGC 3631 has a wave nature, and that the observed vertical gas motions represent motions in a spiral density wave.