NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2011A-0463
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PI: Barry Rothberg, Naval Research Laboratory, dr.barry.rothberg@gmail.com
Address: Remote Sensing Division Code 7211, 4555 Overlook Av SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
CoI: Jacqueline Fischer, Naval Research Laboratory
CoI: Christopher Hayward, Harvard University
CoI: Lars Hernquist, Harvard University
CoI: Patrik Jonsson, Harvard University
CoI: Thomas J. Cox, Carnegie Observatories
CoI: Gregory Snyder, Harvard University
CoI: Paul Torrey, Harvard University
Title: Unveiling the Young Central Stellar Disk in the Advanced Luminous Infrared Galaxy Arp 193
Abstract: Recently, we have demonstrated the displacement of Luminous Infrared Galaxies on the \it K-band Fundamental Plane (FP) is due to the presence of bright Red Supergiants or Asymptotic Giant Branch stars. These stars reside in a central disk which reduces the observed CO (1.6 and 2.3 \micron) velocity dispersions (\sigma) by 30-50%. This causes LIRG mass measurements to be underestimated by ~ 10\times. While \sigmas from the Calcium II Triplet absorption lines (0.85 \micron) show LIRGs are indistinguishable from massive elliptical galaxies on the \it I-band FP. At \it I-band dust enshrouds the young stars, keeping them from affecting CaT measurements. We will, \it for the first time, spatially map the \it STELLAR kinematics of the young stellar disk on scales of tens of parsecs in the advanced LIRG Arp 193 using the Near Infrared Integral Field Spectrometer (NIFS) on Gemini-N in conjunction with Laser Guidestar Adaptive Optics. We will compare these observations with simulations that combine new radiative transfer algorithms with \it N-body/SPH codes to model dust, gas, stars and AGN/supernovae feedback in merging galaxies in order to study how gas dissipation and young stellar disks are linked with the formation of super-massive black holes.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue, P.O. Box 26732, Tucson, Arizona 85726, Phone: (520) 318-8000, Fax: (520) 318-8360
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