The Total Mass of the Merging Galaxy NGC 1614 Using ALMA Observations

To examine the total mass of the merging galaxy NGC1614, the findings of this paper are presented in the CO(3-2) transition using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The total mass of the NGC1614 galaxy is determined in this study within a radius of 0.5 kpc, which is based on the line-of-sight rotational velocity. According to the findings, the total mass is about (2.8±0.08)×109 M⨀. The derived mass of NGC 1614 is an important feature to know its mass distributions and dynamical structure. The latter might be a key to study the missing matter mass and stellar mass, where baryonic mass and missing matter in each galaxy become affected by the approaching galaxy during the merger.