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Antlia星团中的星系群。II。致密椭圆星系候选者

Galaxy populations in the Antlia cluster. II. Compact elliptical galaxy candidates

Analia V. Smith Castelli, Favio R. Faifer, Tom Richtler, Lilia P. Bassino

摘要:

我们提出了一个光度分析的四个星系被归类为紧凑的椭圆(cE)星系在FS 90 Antlia集团目录。到目前为止,这种罕见类型的星系中只有6个成员是已知的。使用各种光度系统中的数据,我们测量了亮度和颜色分布,以及结构参数。通过将它们与Antlia星系团中的其他星系以及文献中确认的cE星系进行比较,我们发现其中两个FS 90 cE候选者,尽管是光谱确认的Antlia成员,但不是cE星系。然而,这些对象之一呈现出强烈的椭圆率和位置角的变化,类似于那些已经报道的M32,导致我们推测这种对象的cE星系的祖先。另外两个FS 90 cE候选星系,其径向速度不可用,与cE星系的一些典型特征相匹配,例如接近较大星系的投影,显示平坦的颜色轮廓,并且具有高度的紧凑性。只有一个剩下的cE候选者显示出高的中心表面亮度,两个组件在其亮度分布,椭圆率和位置角的明显变化,外部组件开始占主导地位,似乎遵循相同的趋势,其他确认的cE星系的光度与平均有效表面亮度图。此外,它还显示了一个扭曲的内部结构,其特征与通过相互作用星系的模拟发现的特征相似,并且在MOSAIC-CTIO,FORS 1-VLT和ACS-HST图像中检测到一个非常微弱的结构,似乎将该物体与Antlia主导星系之一联系起来。这个星系的cE性质以及与其明亮同伴的可能相互作用仍然需要通过光谱学来证实。

英文摘要:

We present a photometric analysis of four galaxies classified as compact elliptical (cE) galaxies in the FS90 Antlia Group catalogue. Only 6 members of this rare type of galaxies are known until now. Using data in various photometric systems, we measured brightness and colour profiles, as well as structural parameters. By comparing them with those of other galaxies in the Antlia cluster, as well as with confirmed cE galaxies from the literature, we found that two of the FS90 cE candidates, albeit being spectroscopically confirmed Antlia members, are not cE galaxies. However, one of these objects presents strong ellipticity and position angle variations that resemble those already reported for M32, leading us to speculate about this kind of objects being progenitors of cE galaxies. The other two FS90 cE candidates, for which radial velocities are not available, match some features typical of cE galaxies like being close in projection to a larger galaxy, displaying flat colour profiles, and having a high degree of compactness. Only one of the remaining cE candidates shows a high central surface brightness, two components in its brightness profile, distinct changes in ellipticity and position angle where the outer component begins to dominate, and seems to follow the same trend as other confirmed cE galaxies in a luminosity versus mean effective surface brightness diagram. Moreover, it shows a distorted inner structure with similar characteristics to those found by simulations of interacting galaxies, and an extremely faint structure that seems to link this object with one of the Antlia dominant galaxies, has been detected in MOSAIC-CTIO, FORS1-VLT, and ACS-HST images. The cE nature of this galaxy as well as the possible interaction with its bright companion, still have to be confirmed through spectroscopy.

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