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Distribution of Dark Matter in Polar Ring Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Bradley C. Whitmore
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute
Douglas B. McElroy
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute
François Schweizer
Affiliation:
Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Inst. of Washington
Vera C. Rubin
Affiliation:
Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Inst. of Washington

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The discovery of SO galaxies with polar rings makes it possible to directly measure the gravitational potential of a galaxy in three dimensions. Schweizer, Whitmore and Rubin (1983) find a spherical potential in the case of A0136-0801. We have observed three more polar ring galaxies using the 4 meter telescope at CTIO. The following table summarizes the results for these three systems as well as A0136-0801, and figure 1 shows an example of the data.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

References

Schweizer, , Whitmore, , and Rubin, 1983, A.J., 88, 909.Google Scholar