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具有行星状星云的早型星系的暗物质含量

Dark-Matter Content of Early-Type Galaxies with Planetary Nebulae

N. R. Napolitano, A. J. Romanowsky, L. Coccato, M. Capaccioli, N. G. Douglas, E. Noordermeer, M. R. Merrifield, K. Kuijken, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, K. C. Free… 展开作者

N. R. Napolitano, A. J. Romanowsky, L. Coccato, M. Capaccioli, N. G. Douglas, E. Noordermeer, M. R. Merrifield, K. Kuijken, M. Arnaboldi, O. Gerhard, K. C. Freeman, F. De Lorenzi, P. Das

摘要:

我们用行星状星云作为质量探测器研究了邻近早型星系的暗物质性质。我们设计了一个专门的仪器,行星状星云光谱仪(PN.S)在威廉赫歇尔望远镜上运行,目的是以最佳效率测量PN速度。这个定制仪器的主要科学目标是研究12个普通圆形星系的PN运动学。初步结果显示,在普通星系中缺乏暗物质(Romanowsky et al. 2003),现在第一个完整的PN.S数据集证实。另一方面,在较亮的PN.S目标样品中开始观测到具有“规则”暗物质含量的早期型星系,从而证实了全球暗-亮质量维里比(f_DM=M_DM/M_star)与星系光度和质量之间的相关性。

英文摘要:

We examine the dark matter properties of nearby early-type galaxies using planetary nebulae (PNe) as mass probes. We have designed a specialised instrument, the Planetary Nebula Spectrograph (PN.S) operating at the William Herschel telescope, with the purpose of measuring PN velocities with best efficiency. The primary scientific objective of this custom-built instrument is the study of the PN kinematics in 12 ordinary round galaxies. Preliminary results showing a dearth of dark matter in ordinary galaxies (Romanowsky et al. 2003) are now confirmed by the first complete PN.S datasets. On the other hand early-type galaxies with a "regular" dark matter content are starting to be observed among the brighter PN.S target sample, thus confirming a correlation between the global dark-to-luminous mass virial ratio (f_DM=M_DM/M_star) and the galaxy luminosity and mass.

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