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NGC 5128球状星团和行星状星云的运动学和动力学

The Kinematics and Dynamics of the Globular Clusters and the Planetary Nebulae of NGC 5128

Kristin A. Woodley, William E. Harris, Michael A. Beasley, Eric W. Peng, Terry J. Bridges, Duncan A. Forbes, Gretchen L. H. Harris

摘要:

本文对巨椭圆星系NGC 5128的晕进行了新的运动学和动力学研究。利用光谱学证实的340个球状星团和780个行星状星云的样品,测定了NGC 5128晕的自转振幅、自转轴、速度色散和总动力学质量。通过将球状星团样品分为158个富金属([Fe/H] > -1.0)和178个贫金属([Fe/H] < -1.0)的球状星团,研究了球状星团运动学的径向依赖性和金属丰度依赖性。我们的研究结果表明,富金属和贫金属亚群的运动学是非常相似的。的运动学相比,行星状星云人口的差异是显而易见的外部地区的光环。NGC 5128的总质量是使用示踪质量估计器(Evans et al. 2003)来确定内部随机运动所支持的质量,以及Jeans方程的球分量来确定旋转所支持的质量。我们从行星状星云的数据中发现,投影半径为90 kpc的行星状星云的总质量为(1.0+/-0.2)x 10^(12)Msun,从球状星团的数据中发现,投影半径为50 kpc的球状星团的总质量为(1.3+/-0.5)x 10^(12)Msun。最后,我们提出了一个新的和均匀的NGC 5128中已知的球状星团的目录。这个星表结合了以前所有来自径向速度研究和HST成像研究的确定性星团识别,以及来自M.A. Beasley et al.(2007,in preparation).

英文摘要:

A new kinematic and dynamic study of the halo of the giant elliptical galaxy, NGC 5128, is presented. From a spectroscopically confirmed sample of 340 globular clusters and 780 planetary nebulae, the rotation amplitude, rotation axis, velocity dispersion, and the total dynamical mass are determined for the halo of NGC 5128. The globular cluster kinematics were searched for both radial dependence and metallicity dependence by subdividing the globular cluster sample into 158 metal-rich ([Fe/H] > -1.0) and 178 metal-poor ([Fe/H] < -1.0) globular clusters. Our results show the kinematics of the metal-rich and metal-poor subpopulations are quite similar. The kinematics are compared to the planetary nebula population where differences are apparent in the outer regions of the halo. The total mass of NGC 5128 is found using the Tracer Mass estimator (Evans et al. 2003), to determine the mass supported by internal random motions, and the spherical component of the Jeans equation to determine the mass supported by rotation. We find a total mass of (1.0+/-0.2) x 10^(12) Msun from the planetary nebulae data out to a projected radius of 90 kpc and (1.3+/-0.5) x 10^(12) Msun from the globular clusters out to a projected radius of 50 kpc. Lastly, we present a new and homogeneous catalog of known globular clusters in NGC 5128. This catalog combines all previous definitive cluster identifications from radial velocity studies and HST imaging studies, as well as 80 new globular clusters from a study of M.A. Beasley et al. (2007, in preparation).

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