The Shape of Dark Matter Haloes II. The Galactus HI Modelling & Fitting Tool
Autor: | Peters, S. P. C., van der Kruit, P. C., Allen, R. J., Freeman, K. C. |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stw2099 |
Popis: | We present a new HI modelling tool called \textsc{Galactus}. The program has been designed to perform automated fits of disc-galaxy models to observations. It includes a treatment for the self-absorption of the gas. The software has been released into the public domain. We describe the design philosophy and inner workings of the program. After this, we model the face-on galaxy NGC2403, using both self-absorption and optically thin models, showing that self-absorption occurs even in face-on galaxies. It is shown that the maximum surface brightness plateaus seen in Paper I of this series are indeed signs of self-absorption. The apparent HI mass of an edge-on galaxy can be drastically lower compared to that same galaxy seen face-on. The Tully-Fisher relation is found to be relatively free from self-absorption issues. Comment: Accepted for publication by Monthly Notices RAS. Hi-res. version available at www.astro.rug.nl/~vdkruit/Petersetal-II.pdf |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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