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椭圆星系NGC 4697外围行星状星云的动力学

Kinematics of planetary nebulae in the outskirts of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4697

R. H. Mendez, A. M. Teodorescu, R. -P. Kudritzki, A. Burkert

摘要:

本文介绍了利用8.2米斯巴鲁望远镜及其卡塞格伦成像摄谱仪FOCAS对河外行星状星云进行无狭缝径向速度测量的实现。作为第一个应用程序,我们已经扩大了以前的搜索PNs在NGC 4697到更大的角距离,从它的中心。共检测到218个PN,并测量了它们的径向速度。我们已经增加了56个新的PN检测到现有的535个样本,以前观察到的ESO VLT + FORS成像摄谱仪;这些新的56个PN中的36个位于角距离大于230 arcsec从NGC 4697的中心。我们比较了新的FOCAS速度与早期的FORS速度,158的162个重新观测的源,发现很好的协议。我们现在有从中心向外延伸到5个有效半径的运动学信息。外部视线速度分散比之前估计的要低一些。这一结果与暗物质晕的存在以及一定程度的径向各向异性相一致,但暗物质晕相当不明显,而且仍然不清楚它的质量有多大。需要对整个PN速度集进行更详细的全球动力学研究,以确定它们是否允许缩小NGC 4697中可能的暗物质分布范围。新的径向速度显示在5个有效半径处没有旋转的证据。

英文摘要:

We describe the implementation of slitless radial velocity measurements of extragalactic planetary nebulae (PNs) with the 8.2 m Subaru telescope and its Cassegrain imaging spectrograph, FOCAS. As a first application, we have extended a previous search for PNs in NGC 4697 to larger angular distances from its center. A total of 218 PNs were detected, and their radial velocities were measured. We have added 56 new PN detections to the existing sample of 535, observed previously with the ESO VLT + FORS imaging spectrograph; 36 of these new 56 PNs are located at angular distances larger than 230 arcsec from the center of NGC 4697. We compare the new FOCAS velocities with the earlier FORS velocities, for 158 of the 162 reobserved sources, finding good agreement. We now have kinematic information extending out to 5 effective radii from the center. The outer line-of-sight velocity dispersion is a bit lower than estimated earlier. This result is compatible with the existence of a dark matter halo plus some degree of radial anisotropy, but the dark matter halo is rather inconspicuous, and it is still unclear how massive it can be. A more detailed global dynamical study of the whole set of PN velocities will be required to decide if they permit to narrow down the range of possible dark matter distributions in NGC 4697. The new radial velocities reveal no evidence of rotation at 5 effective radii.

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