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تسجيل مستخدم جديدMorphological and Kinematical Analysis of the Double-barred Galaxy NGC 3504 Using ALMA CO (2-1) Data
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We present results obtained from ALMA CO (2-1) data of the double-barred galaxy NGC 3504. With three times higher angular resolution (~ 0.8) than previous studies, our observations reveal an inner molecular gas bar, a nuclear ring, and four inner spiral arm-like structures in the central 1 kpc region. Furthermore, the CO emission is clearly aligned with the two dust lanes in the outer bar region, with differences in shape and intensity between them. The total molecular gas mass in the observed region (50x57) is estimated to be $sim 3.1times 10^9 , {rm M}_{odot}$, which is 17 per cent of the stellar mass. We used the Kinemetry package to fit the velocity field and found that circular motion strongly dominates at $R= 0.3-0.8$ kpc, but radial motion becomes important at $R<0.3$ kpc and $R=1.0-2.5$ kpc, which is expected due to the presence of the inner and outer bars. Finally, assuming that the gas moves along the dust lanes in the bar rotating frame, we derived the pattern speed of the outer bar to be $ 18pm5$ km s$^{-1}$ kpc$^{-1}$, the average streaming velocities on each of the two dust lanes to be 165 and 221 km s$^{-1}$, and the total mass inflow rate along the dust lanes to be 12 M$_{odot}$ yr$^{-1}$. Our results give a new example of an inner gas bar within a gas-rich double-barred galaxy and suggest that the formation of double-barred galaxies could be associated with the existence of such gas structures.
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