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Strongly baryon-dominated disk galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation ten billion years ago

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  • R. Genzel

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    University of California)

  • N. M. Förster Schreiber

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • H. Übler

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • P. Lang

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • T. Naab

    (Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics)

  • R. Bender

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • L. J. Tacconi

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • E. Wisnioski

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • S. Wuyts

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    University of Bath)

  • T. Alexander

    (Faculty of Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science)

  • A. Beifiori

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • S. Belli

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • G. Brammer

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • A. Burkert

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics)

  • C. M. Carollo

    (Institute of Astronomy, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH Zürich)

  • J. Chan

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • R. Davies

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • M. Fossati

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • A. Galametz

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • S. Genel

    (Center for Computational Astrophysics)

  • O. Gerhard

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • D. Lutz

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • J. T. Mendel

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • I. Momcheva

    (Yale University)

  • E. J. Nelson

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Yale University)

  • A. Renzini

    (Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)

  • R. Saglia

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

  • A. Sternberg

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University)

  • S. Tacchella

    (Institute of Astronomy, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ETH Zürich)

  • K. Tadaki

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE))

  • D. Wilman

    (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE)
    Universitäts-Sternwarte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (USM))

Abstract

The rotation velocities in the outer disks of six massive star-forming galaxies are shown to decrease with disk radius, owing to high baryonic mass fractions and large velocity dispersions.

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  • R. Genzel & N. M. Förster Schreiber & H. Übler & P. Lang & T. Naab & R. Bender & L. J. Tacconi & E. Wisnioski & S. Wuyts & T. Alexander & A. Beifiori & S. Belli & G. Brammer & A. Burkert & C. M. Carol, 2017. "Strongly baryon-dominated disk galaxies at the peak of galaxy formation ten billion years ago," Nature, Nature, vol. 543(7645), pages 397-401, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:543:y:2017:i:7645:d:10.1038_nature21685
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21685
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