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Antlia星团中的VLT测光:巨型椭圆星系NGC 3258和NGC 3268及其球状星团系统

VLT photometry in the Antlia Cluster: the giant ellipticals NGC 3258 and NGC 3268 and their globular cluster systems

Lilia P. Bassino, Tom Richtler, Boris Dirsch

摘要:

我们提出了一个深VLT测光的Antlia星系团的两个主要星系,巨大的椭圆星系NGC 3258和NGC 3268周围的区域。我们构造了它们的球状星团系统(GCS)的光度函数,并通过翻转星等确定了它们的距离。这些距离与SBF方法得到的结果吻合得很好。有一些但不是决定性的证据表明,到NGC 3268的距离要大几个Mpc。GCSs的颜色分布是双峰的,但最明亮的球状星团(GCs)显示一个中间色峰的单峰分布。这两个GCS的径向分布很好地拟合de Vaucouleurs法律高达5弧分。红色GC呈现出比蓝色GC更陡峭的径向密度轮廓,并且紧密地跟随星系的亮度轮廓。在NGC 3258中,总GC种群估计为约6000+/-150 GC,在NGC 3268中为4750+/-150 GC。我们讨论了可能存在的GC位于两个巨大的星系之间的领域(内集群GC)。它们的光度函数和数密度与两个GCS在投影上的重叠一致。

英文摘要:

We present a deep VLT photometry in the regions surrounding the two dominant galaxies of the Antlia cluster, the giant ellipticals NGC 3258 and NGC 3268. We construct the luminosity functions of their globular cluster systems (GCSs) and determine their distances through the turn-over magnitudes. These distances are in good agreement with those obtained by the SBF method. There is some, but not conclusive, evidence that the distance to NGC 3268 is larger by several Mpc. The GCSs colour distributions are bimodal but the brightest globular clusters (GCs) show a unimodal distribution with an intermediate colour peak. The radial distributions of both GCSs are well fitted by de Vaucouleurs laws up to 5 arcmin. Red GCs present a steeper radial density profile than the blue GCs, and follow closely the galaxies' brightness profiles. Total GC populations are estimated to be about 6000+/-150 GCs in NGC 3258 and 4750+/-150 GCs in NGC 3268. We discuss the possible existence of GCs in a field located between the two giant galaxies (intracluster GCs). Their luminosity functions and number densities are consistent with the two GCSs overlapping in projection.

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