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We conduct spectral observations of 138 superthin galaxies (STGs) with high radial-to-vertical stellar disk scale ratios with the Dual Imaging Spectrograph on the 3.5 m telescope at the Apache Point Observatory (APO) to obtain the ionized gas rotation curves with R ~5000 resolution. We also performed near-infrared (NIR) H and Ks photometry for 18 galaxies with the NICFPS camera on the 3.5 m telescope. The spectra, the NIR photometry, and published optical and NIR photometry are used for modeling that utilizes the thickness of the stellar disk and rotation curves simultaneously. The projection and dust extinction effects are taken into account. We evaluate eight models that differ in their free parameters and constraints. As a result, we estimated the masses and scale lengths of the galactic dark halos. We find systematic differences between the properties of our red and blue STGs. The blue STGs have a large fraction of dynamically underevolved galaxies whose vertical velocity dispersion is low in both gas and stellar disks. The dark halo-to-disk scale ratio is shorter in the red STGs than in the blue ones, but in a majority of all STGs, this ratio is under 2. The optical color (r − i) of the STGs correlates with their rotation curve maximum, vertical velocity dispersion in stellar disks, and mass of the dark halo. We conclude that there is a threshold central surface density of 50 M⊙ pc−2 below which we do not observe very thin, rotationally supported galactic disks.
Translated title of the contributionСпектральные наблюдения сверхтонких галактик
Original languageEnglish
Article number104
Number of pages15
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume914
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jun 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

    Research areas

  • 3-DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION, DARK-MATTER HALO, DISK COLOR GRADIENTS, EDGE-ON, HI IMAGING OBSERVATIONS, ON SPIRAL GALAXIES, ROTATION CURVES, STELLAR DISKS, STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS, SURFACE BRIGHTNESS GALAXIES

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