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7.15. The Fourier analysis of the observed velocity field of gas in the inner 1.5 pc of the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

A.M. Fridman ,
V.V. Lyakhovich ,
O.V. Khoruzhii  and
O.K. Silchenko
A.M. Fridman
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Science, 48, Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow, 109017, Russia
V.V. Lyakhovich
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Science, 48, Pyatnitskaya St., Moscow, 109017, Russia
O.V. Khoruzhii
Affiliation:
National Research Center “Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Thermonuclear Researches”, Troitsk, Moscow reg., 142092, Russia
O.K. Silchenko
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, University prospect, 13, Moscow, 119899, Russia

Abstract

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The Fourier analysis of the observed velocity field of ionized gas in the inner 1.5 pc of the Galactic Center (obtained by Roberts and Goss, 1993) is made. As follows from the analysis, the observed field of residual velocities is dominated by the second Fourier harmonic. This fact can be treated as a consequence of the presence of an one-armed density wave with the density maximum along the Northern Arm plus the Western Arc structure. The wave nature of this structure is proved on the base of the behaviour of the phase of the second harmonic of line-of-sight velocity field in the whole region. The Fourier analysis shows also the presence of systematic radial velocity. We consider this flow as a quasi-stationary radial drift caused by one-armed nonlinear density wave (‘mini-spiral’).

Type
Part II. Nuclear Interstellar Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 321 - 324
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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