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Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies? / Мосенков, Александр Владимирович; Смирнов, Антон Александрович; Сильченко, Ольга; Rich, R Michael; Решетников, Владимир Петрович; Kormendy, John.

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 497, No. 2, 09.2020, p. 2039-2056.

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Мосенков, АВ, Смирнов, АА, Сильченко, О, Rich, RM, Решетников, ВП & Kormendy, J 2020, 'Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies?', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 497, no. 2, pp. 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1885

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Мосенков, А. В., Смирнов, А. А., Сильченко, О., Rich, R. M., Решетников, В. П., & Kormendy, J. (2020). Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(2), 2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1885

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Мосенков АВ, Смирнов АА, Сильченко О, Rich RM, Решетников ВП, Kormendy J. Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2020 Sep;497(2):2039-2056. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1885

Author

Мосенков, Александр Владимирович ; Смирнов, Антон Александрович ; Сильченко, Ольга ; Rich, R Michael ; Решетников, Владимир Петрович ; Kormendy, John. / Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies?. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2020 ; Vol. 497, No. 2. pp. 2039-2056.

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title = "Tilted outer and inner structures in edge-on galaxies?",
abstract = "Tilted and warped discs inside tilted dark matter haloes are predicted from numerical and semi-analytical studies. In this paper, we use deep imaging to demonstrate the likely existence of tilted outer structures in real galaxies. We consider two SB0 edge-on galaxies, NGC 4469 and NGC 4452, which exhibit apparent tilted outer discs with respect to the inner structure. In NGC 4469, this structure has a boxy shape, inclined by APA «a 3° with respect to the inner disc, whereas NGC 4452 harbours a discy outer structure with APA «a 6°. In spite of the different shapes, both structures have surface brightness profiles close to exponential and make a large contribution (~30 per cent) to the total galaxy luminosity. In the case of NGC 4452, we propose that its tilted disc likely originates from a former fast tidal encounter (probably with IC3381). For NGC 4469, a plausible explanation may also be galaxy harassment, which resulted in a tilted or even a tumbling dark matter halo. A less likely possibility is accretion of gas-rich satellites several Gyr ago. New deep observations may potentially reveal more such galaxies with tilted outer structures, especially in clusters. We also consider galaxies, mentioned in the literature, where a central component (a bar or a bulge) is tilted with respect to the stellar disc. According to our numerical simulations, one of the plausible explanations of such observed 'tilts' of the bulge/bar is a projection effect due to a not exactly edge-on orientation of the galaxy coupled with a skew angle of the triaxial bulge/bar.",
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AU - Смирнов, Антон Александрович

AU - Сильченко, Ольга

AU - Rich, R Michael

AU - Решетников, Владимир Петрович

AU - Kormendy, John

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N2 - Tilted and warped discs inside tilted dark matter haloes are predicted from numerical and semi-analytical studies. In this paper, we use deep imaging to demonstrate the likely existence of tilted outer structures in real galaxies. We consider two SB0 edge-on galaxies, NGC 4469 and NGC 4452, which exhibit apparent tilted outer discs with respect to the inner structure. In NGC 4469, this structure has a boxy shape, inclined by APA «a 3° with respect to the inner disc, whereas NGC 4452 harbours a discy outer structure with APA «a 6°. In spite of the different shapes, both structures have surface brightness profiles close to exponential and make a large contribution (~30 per cent) to the total galaxy luminosity. In the case of NGC 4452, we propose that its tilted disc likely originates from a former fast tidal encounter (probably with IC3381). For NGC 4469, a plausible explanation may also be galaxy harassment, which resulted in a tilted or even a tumbling dark matter halo. A less likely possibility is accretion of gas-rich satellites several Gyr ago. New deep observations may potentially reveal more such galaxies with tilted outer structures, especially in clusters. We also consider galaxies, mentioned in the literature, where a central component (a bar or a bulge) is tilted with respect to the stellar disc. According to our numerical simulations, one of the plausible explanations of such observed 'tilts' of the bulge/bar is a projection effect due to a not exactly edge-on orientation of the galaxy coupled with a skew angle of the triaxial bulge/bar.

AB - Tilted and warped discs inside tilted dark matter haloes are predicted from numerical and semi-analytical studies. In this paper, we use deep imaging to demonstrate the likely existence of tilted outer structures in real galaxies. We consider two SB0 edge-on galaxies, NGC 4469 and NGC 4452, which exhibit apparent tilted outer discs with respect to the inner structure. In NGC 4469, this structure has a boxy shape, inclined by APA «a 3° with respect to the inner disc, whereas NGC 4452 harbours a discy outer structure with APA «a 6°. In spite of the different shapes, both structures have surface brightness profiles close to exponential and make a large contribution (~30 per cent) to the total galaxy luminosity. In the case of NGC 4452, we propose that its tilted disc likely originates from a former fast tidal encounter (probably with IC3381). For NGC 4469, a plausible explanation may also be galaxy harassment, which resulted in a tilted or even a tumbling dark matter halo. A less likely possibility is accretion of gas-rich satellites several Gyr ago. New deep observations may potentially reveal more such galaxies with tilted outer structures, especially in clusters. We also consider galaxies, mentioned in the literature, where a central component (a bar or a bulge) is tilted with respect to the stellar disc. According to our numerical simulations, one of the plausible explanations of such observed 'tilts' of the bulge/bar is a projection effect due to a not exactly edge-on orientation of the galaxy coupled with a skew angle of the triaxial bulge/bar.

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