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Title:
The Extended H I Rotation Curve and Mass Distribution of M31
Authors:
Carignan, Claude; Chemin, Laurent; Huchtmeier, Walter K.; Lockman, Felix J.
Affiliation:
AA(Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Expérimentale, Observatoire du Mont Mégantic, and Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada.), AB(Laboratoire d'Astrophysique Expérimentale, Observatoire du Mont Mégantic, and Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada.; Observatoire de Paris, Section Meudon, GEPI, CRNS-UMR 8111, and Université Paris 7, 5 Place Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France.), AC(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.; Some of the observations reported here were obtained with the 100 m telescope of the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie at Effelsberg.), AD(National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is operated by Associated Universities, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.)
Publication:
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 641, Issue 2, pp. L109-L112. (ApJL Homepage)
Publication Date:
04/2006
Origin:
UCP
ApJ Keywords:
galaxies: fundamental parameters (masses), Galaxies: Halos, Galaxies: Individual: Messier Number: M31, Galaxies: Kinematics and Dynamics, Galaxies: Structure, Galaxies: Local Group
DOI:
10.1086/503869
Bibliographic Code:
2006ApJ...641L.109C

Abstract

New H I observations of Messier 31 (M31) obtained with the Effelsberg and Green Bank 100 m telescopes make it possible to measure the rotation curve of that galaxy out to ~35 kpc. Between 20 and 35 kpc, the rotation curve is nearly flat at a velocity of ~226 km s-1. A model of the mass distribution shows that at the last observed velocity point, the minimum dark-to-luminous mass ratio is ~0.5 for a total mass of 3.4×1011 Msolar at R<35 kpc. This can be compared to the estimated Milky Way mass of 4.9×1011 Msolar for R<50 kpc.
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