Maximal halos in high-luminosity spiral galaxies

Citation
P. Salucci et M. Persic, Maximal halos in high-luminosity spiral galaxies, ASTRON ASTR, 351(2), 1999, pp. 442-446
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
351
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
442 - 446
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(199911)351:2<442:MHIHSG>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We test the halo dominated mass model, recently proposed for high-luminosit y galaxies, against the rotation velocity data of a large sample of L simil ar to L* spirals. We find that this model does not reproduce the general ki nematic properties required. The alternative disc dominated model, on the c ontrary, easily fits the data.