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Article Contents
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- ABSTRACT
- 1.HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- 2.THE DATA
- 2.1.Halpha and Optical
Measurements
- 2.2.HI line
- 2.3.CO Line
- 2.4.Maser Lines
- 2.5.Planetary Nebulae, Fabry-Perot,
and Integral Field Spectrometers
- 3.MEASURING ROTATION VELOCITIES
- 3.1.Intensity-Weighted-Velocity
Method
- 3.2.Centroid-Velocity and
Peak-Intensity-Velocity Methods
- 3.3.Envelope-Tracing Method
- 3.4.Iteration Method
- 3.5.Absorption Line Velocities
- 3.6.Dependence on Observational
Methods
- 4.CENTRAL ROTATION CURVES
- 4.1.High Resolution and Dynamic
Range
- 4.2.The Milky Way Center
- 4.3.Rapidly Rotating Central
Components and Massive Cores
- 4.4.Massive Black Holes and
Circum-nuclear Rotation
- 4.5.Activity and Rotation Curves
- 4.6.Resonance Rings
- 4.7.Nuclear Warp
- 4.8.Nuclear Counterrotation
- 4.9.Non-circular Motion in Nuclear
Molecular Bar
- 5.DISK ROTATION CURVES
- 5.1.Statistical Properties of
Rotation Curves
- 5.2.Environmental Effects in
Clusters
- 5.3.Lopsided Position-Velocity
Diagrams
- 5.4.Counterrotating Disks and Other
Kinematic Curiosities
- 5.5.Rotation of High Redshift
Galaxies
- 5.6.Rotation Velocity as a Fundamental
Parameter of Galaxy Dynamics and Evolution
- 6.HALO ROTATION CURVES AND DARK MATTER:
A Brief Mention
- 6.1.Flat Rotation Curve in the
Halo
- 6.2.Massive Dark Halo
- 6.3.The Extent of the Milky Way
Halo
- 6.4.Declining Rotation Curves
- 7.GALAXY TYPES AND ROTATION
CHARACTERISTICS
- 7.1.Sa, Sb, Sc Galaxies
- 7.2.Barred Galaxies
- 7.3.Low Surface Brightness
Galaxies; Dwarf Galaxies
- 7.4.Large Magellanic Cloud
- 7.5.Irregular Galaxies: Interacting
and Merging
- 7.6.Polar Ring Galaxies
- 8.THE FUTURE
- REFERENCES