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SDSS中早型镓的等光结构:对AGN活性和环境的依赖

The Isophotal Structure of Early-Type Galaxies in the SDSS: Dependence on AGN Activity and Environment

Anna Pasquali, Frank C. van den Bosch, Hans-Walter Rix

摘要:

我们利用Hao et al(2006)在SDSS中发现的847个早期星系的空前大样本,研究了早期星系的等照度线形状与它们的B带绝对星等、动力学质量、核活动和环境的关系。我们发现盘状星系的比例随着光度的增加而平滑地减少。大样本使我们能够准确地描述这些趋势与紧密的线性关系,是统计上强大的不确定性等照度线形状测量。盘状部分与核活动(光学和无线电)和环境(软X射线,集团质量,集团等级)的指标之间也有许多重要的相关性。然而,我们的分析表明,这些相关性可以准确地匹配,假设盘状部分只取决于星系的光度或质量。因此,我们的结论是,无论是活动水平,也没有集团质量或集团层次有助于更好地预测等照度线形状的早期型星系。

英文摘要:

We study the dependence of the isophotal shape of early-type galaxies on their absolute B-band magnitude, their dynamical mass, and their nuclear activity and environment, using an unprecedented large sample of 847 early-type galaxies identified in the SDSS by Hao et al (2006). We find that the fraction of disky galaxies smoothly decreases with increasing luminosity. The large sample allows us to describe these trends accurately with tight linear relations that are statistically robust against the uncertainty in the isophotal shape measurements. There is also a host of significant correlations between the disky fraction and indicators of nuclear activity (both in the optical and in the radio) and environment (soft X-rays, group mass, group hierarchy). Our analysis shows however that these correlations can be accurately matched by assuming that the disky fraction depends only on galaxy luminosity or mass. We therefore conclude that neither the level of activity, nor group mass or group hierarchy help in better predicting the isophotal shape of early-type galaxies.

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