THE PI REQUESTS FUNDS TO ANALYZE AND PUBLISH XMM-NEWTON AO-19 OBSERVATIONS OF SUPER SPIRAL GALAXY 2MFGC 12344. THE FUNDS WILL BE APPLIED TO SALARY BENEFITS AND PAGE CHARGES FOR THE PI AND A GRADUATE STUDENT. DATA ANALYSIS WILL INVOLVE THE REDUCTION OF X-RAY DATA FROM THE EPIC PN AND MOS INSTRUMENTS USING THE XMM SAS AND CUSTOM DATA ANALYSIS SCRIPTS. WITH THIS ANALYSIS WE WILL DETERMINE THE MASS AND PHYSICAL STATE OF THE HALO OF THE FASTEST ROTATING SUPER SPIRAL. THESE PARAMETERS WILL GIVE KEY NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MOST MASSIVE SPIRAL GALAXIES.