未束缚恒星对天炉座矮星质量模型的影响
The effect of unbound stars on the mass modelling of the Fornax dwarf
摘要:
我们讨论了如何不同的方法来选择成员星的运动学样本的矮球状星系的影响估计其质量和各向异性的恒星轨道。我们证明,成员的选择是一个额外的误差源相比,通常的不确定性,由于采样的速度矩。作为一个例子,我们使用的202颗恒星在天炉座矮星系的运动学数据集,我们模型的速度色散曲线和估计的质量-光比和各向异性假设质量如下光。我们还表明,这些参数可以得到更强的约束,如果峰度的速度分布包括在分析中。使用贝桑松模型的银河系,我们证明,大部分的污染天炉座可能来自银河系的恒星。
英文摘要:
We discuss how different approaches to selecting member stars in kinematic samples of dwarf spheroidal galaxies affect the estimates of their mass and anisotropy of stellar orbits. We demonstrate that the selection of members is an additional source of error compared to the usual uncertainties due to the sampling of velocity moments. As an example we use the kinematic data set for 202 stars in the Fornax dwarf galaxy for which we model the velocity dispersion profile and estimate the mass-to-light ratio and anisotropy assuming that mass follows light. We also show that stronger constraints on these parameters can be obtained if kurtosis of the velocity distribution is included in the analysis. Using the Besancon model of the Milky Way we demonstrate that the majority of contamination in Fornax probably comes from the Milky Way stars.
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