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玉夫座矮球状星系的运动学状态和质量含量

The kinematic status and mass content of the Sculptor dwarf spheroidal galaxy

G. Battaglia, A. Helmi, E. Tolstoy, M. Irwin, V. Hill, P. Jablonka

摘要:

本文介绍了玉夫座矮球状星系中470个可能的运动学成员在Ca Ⅱ三重态区域的VLT/FLAMES光谱观测结果(R~6500)。Scl的精确速度(± 2 km/s)和大面积覆盖使我们能够测量到沿Scl投影主轴的7.6_{-2.2}^{+3.0} km/s deg^{-1}的速度梯度,这可能是内禀旋转的标志。我们还使用我们的运动学数据来测量该系统内的质量分布。通过独立地考虑Scl中已知存在的不同恒星成分的运动学,我们能够解除已知的简并,并发现观测到的速度色散剖面与核心半径r_c= 0.5 kpc且质量封闭在最后测量点M内的核心暗物质晕最好拟合(< 1.8 kpc)=3.4 +- 0.7 x 10^8 M_sun,假设径向各向异性速度椭球体越来越大。这导致1.8kpc内的质光比为158+-33(M/L)_sun。浓度c=20、质量M(< 1.8 kpc)= 2.2 - 0.7 ^{+1.0} x 10^8 M_sun的NFW剖面也与观测值在统计上一致,但对富金属恒星的拟合较差。

英文摘要:

We present VLT/FLAMES spectroscopic observations (R~6500) in the CaII triplet region for 470 probable kinematic members of the Sculptor (Scl) dwarf spheroidal galaxy. The accurate velocities (+- 2 km/s) and large area coverage of Scl allow us to measure a velocity gradient of 7.6_{-2.2}^{+3.0} km/s deg^{-1} along the Scl projected major axis, likely a signature of intrinsic rotation. We also use our kinematic data to measure the mass distribution within this system. By considering independently the kinematics of the distinct stellar components known to be present in Scl, we are able to relieve known degeneracies, and find that the observed velocity dispersion profiles are best fitted by a cored dark matter halo with core radius r_c= 0.5 kpc and mass enclosed within the last measured point M(< 1.8 kpc)=3.4 +- 0.7 x 10^8 M_sun, assuming an increasingly radially anisotropic velocity ellipsoid. This results in a mass-to-light ratio of 158+-33 (M/L)_sun inside 1.8 kpc. An NFW profile with concentration c=20 and mass M(< 1.8 kpc) = 2.2_{-0.7}^{+1.0} x 10^8 M_sun is also statistically consistent with the observations, but it tends to yield poorer fits for the metal rich stars.

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