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利用SDSS星系群探测暗物质晕的内在形状和排列

Probing the Intrinsic Shape and Alignment of Dark Matter Haloes using SDSS Galaxy Groups

Yougang Wang, Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Cheng Li, Frank C. van den Bosch, Zuhui Fan, Xuelei Chen

摘要:

我们研究了斯隆数字巡天数据发布4中星系群的三维和投影形状,并研究了中央星系的取向和卫星星系的空间分布之间的对齐。一个星系群的投影椭圆率是用其成员星系离散分布的矩来测量的。我们推断的三维和投影轴比的暗物质晕通过比较测量的椭圆率分布与那些从蒙特卡罗模拟投影,三轴暗物质晕与不同的轴比。我们发现晕的形状对晕的质量有很强的依赖性。低质量星系团的晕几乎是球形的,而大质量星系团的晕则倾向于扁长形。对于至少包含四个成员的星系群,它们测量的椭圆率的统计分布并不强烈依赖于它们中心星系的颜色。我们的分析进一步表明,具有$12<{\rm log}[M/(h^{-1}M_{\odot})]\leq15$的晕的平均三维轴比约为$1:0.46:0.46$,导致投影轴比为$\sim 0.77$。我们的结果之间的取向的中央星系的一组和他们的卫星星系的分布之间的对齐是在广泛的协议与杨等人所获得的。卫星星系的分布优先与中央星系的主轴对齐,与一个明确的依赖于晕质量和星系的颜色。(节略)

英文摘要:

We study the three-dimensional and projected shapes of galaxy groups in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 4, and examine the alignment between the orientation of the central galaxy and the spatial distribution of satellite galaxies. The projected ellipticity of a group is measured using the moments of the discrete distribution of its member galaxies. We infer the three-dimensional and projected axis ratios of their dark matter haloes by comparing the measured ellipticity distributions with those obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of projected, triaxial dark matter haloes with different axis ratios. We find that the halo shape has a strong dependence on the halo mass. While the haloes of low-mass groups are nearly spherical, those of massive groups tend to be prolate. For groups containing at least four members, the statistical distribution of their measured ellipticities does not have a strong dependence on the colors of their central galaxies. Our analysis further shows that the average three-dimensional axis ratio for haloes with $12<{\rm log}[M/(h^{-1}M_{\odot})]\leq15$ is about $1:0.46:0.46$, resulting in a projected axis ratio of $\sim 0.77$. Our results for the alignment between the orientation of the central galaxy of a group and the distribution of their satellite galaxies are in broad agreement with those obtained by Yang et al. The distribution of satellite galaxies preferentially aligns with the major axis of the central galaxy, with a clear dependence on both halo mass and galaxy colors. (abridged)

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