Perez, IFreeman, Kenneth2015-12-070004-6361http://hdl.handle.net/1885/23302In this paper we test the idea that the low-metallicity hot gas in the centre of NGC 1291 is heated via a dynamical process. In this scenario, the gas from the outer gas-rich ring loses energy through bar-driven shocks and falls to the centre. Heating ofKeywords: Energy dissipation; Gas dynamics; Gas heating; Kinematics; Solar energy; Spectroscopy; Thermal effects; Velocity measurement; X rays; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Galaxy: abundances; X-rays: galaxies; Galaxies Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: structure; Galaxy: abundances; X-rays: galaxies200610.1051/0004-6361:200526872015-12-07