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M60(NGC 4649)的球状星团系统。II。球状星团系统的动力学

The Globular Cluster System of M60 (NGC 4649). II. Kinematics of the Globular Cluster System

Ho Seong Hwang, Myung Gyoon Lee, Hong Soo Park, Sang Chul Kim, Jang-Hyun Park, Young-Jong Sohn, Sang-Gak Lee, Soo-Chang Rey, Young-Wook Lee, Ho-Il Kim

摘要:

本文对室女星系团巨椭圆星系M60中的球状星团(GC)系统进行了运动学分析。利用121个气相色谱(83个蓝色气相色谱和38个红色气相色谱)的光度和光谱数据库,我们研究了气相色谱系统的运动学。我们发现,M60 GC系统显示出显著的整体旋转。蓝色GC的旋转幅度略小于或类似于红色GC的旋转幅度,并且它们的旋转轴的角度相似。对于红色GC,关于平均速度和关于最佳拟合旋转曲线的速度离散度略大于蓝色GC。比较观测到的恒星和GC速度色散分布与从恒星质量分布计算的结果表明,质量与光的比例应增加的银河系的中心距离的增加,这表明存在一个扩展的暗物质晕。整个样本的GC在M60中被发现有一个切向偏置的速度椭圆体不同的GC系统在其他GE。两个子样本似乎有不同的速度椭球。蓝色GC系统具有适度的切向偏置速度椭球,而红色GC系统具有适度的径向偏置或各向同性速度椭球。通过对M60 GC系统与其它星系(M87、M49、NGC 1399、NGC 5128和NGC 4636)运动学性质的比较,发现除了M60之外,蓝色GC系统的速度色散与红色GC系统的速度色散相似或更大,并且GC系统的自转是不可忽略的。除M60外,每个GC系统的整个样品都显示出各向同性的速度椭球,而子样品则显示出不同的速度椭球。我们讨论了这些结果的影响GC系统的形成模型在锗。

英文摘要:

We present a kinematic analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system in the giant elliptical galaxy (gE) M60 in the Virgo cluster. Using the photometric and spectroscopic database of 121 GCs (83 blue GCs and 38 red GCs), we have investigated the kinematics of the GC system. We have found that the M60 GC system shows a significant overall rotation. The rotation amplitude of the blue GCs is slightly smaller than or similar to that of the red GCs, and their angles of rotation axes are similar. The velocity dispersions about the mean velocity and about the best fit rotation curve for the red GCs are marginally larger than those for the blue GCs. Comparison of observed stellar and GC velocity dispersion profiles with those calculated from the stellar mass profile shows that the mass-to-light ratio should be increased as the galactocentric distance increases, indicating the existence of an extended dark matter halo. The entire sample of GCs in M60 is found to have a tangentially biased velocity ellipsoid unlike the GC systems in other gEs. Two subsamples appear to have different velocity ellipsoids. The blue GC system has a modest tangentially biased velocity ellipsoid, while the red GC system has a modest radially biased or an isotropic velocity ellipsoid. From the comparison of the kinematic properties of the M60 GC system to those of other gEs (M87, M49, NGC 1399, NGC 5128, and NGC 4636), it is found that the velocity dispersion of the blue GC system is similar to or larger than that of the red GC system except for M60, and the rotation of the GC system is not negligible. The entire sample of each GC system shows an isotropic velocity ellipsoid except for M60, while the subsamples show diverse velocity ellipsoids. We discuss the implication of these results for the formation models of the GC system in gEs.

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