no code implementations • 7 Jan 2021 • J A Sellwood, Kristine Spekkens, Carter S. Eckel
Assessing the likelihood that the rotation curve of a galaxy matches predictions from galaxy formation simulations requires that the uncertainties in the circular speed as a function of radius derived from the observational data be statistically robust.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2 code implementations • 7 Sep 2017 • Se-Heon Oh, Lister Staveley-Smith, Kristine Spekkens, Peter Kamphuis, Bärbel S. Koribalski
We present a novel algorithm based on a Bayesian method for 2D tilted-ring analysis of disk galaxy velocity fields.
Astrophysics of Galaxies
