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Gas Disks and Supermassive Black Holes in Nearby Radio Galaxies

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epresent a non-flat cont<strong>in</strong>uum <strong>in</strong> this case. Data for this galaxy are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure<br />

3.11 (see key <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.1 for an explanation of these plots).<br />

UGC 7115 This elliptical galaxy has a nuclear dust disk (b/a ∼ 0.95). It has a<br />

core-jet radio morphology on VLA scales. The STIS slit were aligned approximately<br />

perpendicular to the radio jet as the nuclear isophotal position angles are poorly con-<br />

stra<strong>in</strong>ed, a certa<strong>in</strong> degree of freedom was allowed <strong>in</strong> slit placement to allow reasonable<br />

observ<strong>in</strong>g w<strong>in</strong>dows. This galaxy was observed <strong>in</strong> only one slit position, as we also<br />

required WFPC2 observations of this target <strong>in</strong> order to measure the central photo-<br />

metric properties (see Verdoes Kleijn et al., 2002a). The central k<strong>in</strong>ematic <strong>and</strong> flux<br />

properties are listed <strong>in</strong> Table 3.15; the gas exhibits a regular rotation profile. The<br />

fit to the central spectrum is not significantly improved by the addition of a broad<br />

component. Data for this galaxy are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.12 (see key <strong>in</strong> Figure 3.1 for<br />

an explanation of these plots).<br />

NGC 4261 (UGC 7360) This E2-3 galaxy has a nuclear dust disk (b/a = 0.46).<br />

It has a tw<strong>in</strong>-jet radio morphology on VLBA <strong>and</strong> VLA scales. The STIS slits were<br />

aligned parallel to the galaxy major axis. The central k<strong>in</strong>ematic <strong>and</strong> flux properties<br />

are listed <strong>in</strong> Table 3.16. The nucleus of this galaxy lies closer to one of the side slits<br />

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