Gas dynamics in tidal dwarf galaxies: disc formation at z=0
  Tidal dwarf galaxies (TDGs) are recycled objects that form within the
collisional debris of interacting/merging galaxies. They are expected to be
devoid of non-baryonic dark matter, since they can form only from dissipative
material ejected from the discs of the progenitor galaxies. We investigate the
gas dynamics in a sample of six bona-fide TDGs around three interacting and
post-interacting systems: NGC 4694, NGC 5291, and NGC 7252 ("Atoms for Peace").
For NGC 4694 and NGC 5291 we analyse existing HI data from the Very Large Array
(VLA), while for NGC 7252 we present new HI observations from the Jansky VLA
together with long-slit and integral-field optical spectroscopy. For all six
TDGs, the HI emission can be described by rotating disc models. These HI discs,
however, have undergone less than a full rotation since the time of the
interaction/merger event, raising the question of whether they are in dynamical
equilibrium. Assuming that these discs are in equilibrium, the inferred
dynamical masses are consistent with the observed baryonic masses, implying
that TDGs are devoid of dark matter. This puts constraints on putative "dark
discs" (either baryonic or non-baryonic) in the progenitor galaxies. Moreover,
TDGs seem to systematically deviate from the baryonic Tully-Fisher relation.
These results provide a challenging test for alternative theories like MOND.
