Bibcode
Fridman, A. M.; Khoruzhii, O. V.; Polyachenko, E. V.; Zasov, A. V.; Sil'chenko, O. K.; Moiseev, A. V.; Burlak, A. N.; Afanasiev, V. L.; Dodonov, S. N.; Knapen, J. H.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 323, Issue 3, pp. 651-662.
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2001
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21
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Description
The velocity field of the nearly face-on galaxy NGC 3631, derived from
observations in the Hα line and Hi radio line, is analysed to
study perturbations related to the spiral structure of the galaxy. We
confirm our previous conclusion that the line-of-sight velocity field
gives evidence of the wave nature of the observed two-armed spiral
structure. Fourier analysis of the observed velocity field is used to
determine the location of corotation of the spiral structure of this
galaxy, and the radius of corotation Rc is found to be about
42arcsec, or 3.2kpc. The vector velocity field of the gas in the plane
of the disc is restored, and, taking into account that we previously
investigated vertical motions, we now have a full three-dimensional
gaseous velocity field of the galaxy. We show clear evidence of the
existence of two anticyclonic and four cyclonic vortices near corotation
in a frame of reference rotating with the spiral pattern. The centres of
the anticyclones lie between the observed spiral arms. The cyclones lie
close to the observed spirals, but their centres are shifted from the
maxima in brightness.