ar X iv : a st ro - p h / 97 10 26 4 v 1 2 3 O ct 1 99 7 Kinematics of the Nuclear Ionized Gas in the Radio Galaxy M 84 ( NGC 4374

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  • T. M. Heckman
  • A. S. Wilson
چکیده

We present optical long-slit spectroscopy of the nucleus of the nearby radio galaxy M84 (NGC 4374 = 3C 272.1) obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Our spectra reveal that the nuclear gas disk seen in WFPC2 imaging by Bower et al. (1997, ApJ, 483, L33) is rotating rapidly. The velocity curve has an S-shape with a peak amplitude of 400 km s at 0. 1 = 8 pc from the nucleus. To model the observed gas kinematics, we construct a thin Keplerian disk model that fits the data well if the rotation axis of the gas disk is aligned with the radio jet axis. These models indicate that the gas dynamics are driven by a nuclear compact mass of 1.5×10 M⊙ with an uncertainty range of (0.9−2.6)×10 9 M⊙ and that the inclination of the disk with respect to the plane of the sky is 75 − 85. Of this nuclear mass, only ≤ 2 × 10 M⊙ can possibly be attributed to luminous mass. Thus, we conclude that a dark compact mass (most likely a supermassive black hole) resides in the nucleus of M84. Subject headings: galaxies: active — galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD — galaxies: individual (M84) — galaxies: kinematics and dynamics — galaxies: nuclei

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تاریخ انتشار 1997