Kinematics in the Starbursting Circumnuclear Region of M100
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We have obtained integral-field spectroscopic data, using the SAURON instrument, of the bar and starbursting circumnuclear region in the barred spiral galaxy M100. From our data we have derived kinematic maps of the mean velocity and velocity dispersion of the stars and the gas, which we present here. We have also produced maps of the total, [Oiii], and Hβ intensity. The gas velocity field shows significant kinematic signatures of gas streaming along the inner part of the bar, and of density wave streaming motions across the miniature spiral arms in the nuclear pseudo-ring. The stellar velocity field shows similar non-circular motions. The gas velocity dispersion is notably smaller where the star formation occurs in the nuclear zone and Hii regions.
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