High velocity dispersion in a rare grand-design spiral galaxy at redshift z = 2.18

David R. Law (), Alice E. Shapley, Charles C. Steidel, Naveen A. Reddy, Charlotte R. Christensen and Dawn K. Erb
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David R. Law: Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St George Street, Toronto M5S 3H4, Ontario, Canada
Alice E. Shapley: University of California
Charles C. Steidel: California Institute of Technology, MS 249-17
Naveen A. Reddy: University of California
Charlotte R. Christensen: Steward Observatory, 933 North Cherry Ave
Dawn K. Erb: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Nature, 2012, vol. 487, issue 7407, 338-340

Abstract: A rare grand-design spiral galaxy is identified at redshift greater than 2; the rarity of such galaxies may be partly explained by evidence for perturbation by a merging companion.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11256

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