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1998A&A...335..894V - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 335894-898 (1998/7-3)

The effective velocity and radius of spiral galaxies.

VERTCHENKO L. and QUIROGA R.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

The averaged radius and velocity respectively associated to global potential and kinetic energies, are computed for spiral galaxies. Such dynamical parameters (effective radius and velocity) can be directly related to observational ones, being Reff≃Rlim and Veff≃vω,lim, where Rlim is either the R25 radius or the last observed point of the rotation curve of the galaxy and vω,lim is its rotational velocity at this radius. It is proposed that the angular momentum can be replaced by the action, A=M Reff Veff, in the study of dynamical characterization of spiral galaxies (see, for instance, the analysis of Campos-Aguilar et al. (1993A&A...276...16C)).

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: spiral - galaxies: fundamental parameters

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