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Rotation Curves of 38 Galaxies in Clusters from Scanning Fabry-Perot observations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
A major astrophysical problem is related to the fact that rotation curves (RCs)) of galaxies are flat. The presence of a dark halo is most often invoked to explain that. Some controversies exist concerning the existence of a dark halo for galaxies in very hostile environments like in center of clusters. Using a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer, we have observed Hα velocity fields of a sample of 38 galaxies located in 7 different clusters of galaxies. From this sample, our conclusion is that spirals located in the central part of clusters do not have decreasing RCs within the optical radius.
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- 2. The Fabry-Perot Spectrometer and its Applications
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