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群和团簇中中心Galerkin的结构性质

Structural Properties of Central Galaxies in Groups and Clusters

Yicheng Guo, Daniel H. McIntosh, H. J. Mo, Neal Katz, Frank C. van den Bosch, Martin Weinberg, Simone M. Weinmann, Anna Pasqual, Xiaohu Yang

摘要:

利用SDSS DR 4星群表中911个中心星系的代表性样本,研究了星系群和星系团中质量最大的成员的结构如何依赖于(1)星系恒星质量(Mstar),(2)主星系群的暗物质晕质量(Mhalo),以及(3)它们的晕心位置。我们建立并彻底测试了基于GALFIT的管道,以将2D Sersic模型拟合到SDSS数据。我们发现,拟合结果是最敏感的背景天空水平的确定,并强烈建议使用SDSS全球值。我们发现,背景中的不确定性转化为总星等,半光大小(r50)和Sersic指数(n)之间的强协方差,特别是对于明亮/大质量星系。我们发现,N强烈依赖于Mstar的CEN,但只有弱或根本不对Mhalo。在整个Mhalo范围内,质量较小(较大)的CEN倾向于盘状(球体)。同样,对于CEN,存在清楚的r50-Mstar关系,对于盘和球体具有单独的斜率。当比较CEN与卫星星系(SAT)时,我们发现低质量(<10e10.75 Msun/h^2)SAT比类似M星的CEN具有更大的中值n。低质量、晚型SAT比相同Mstar的晚型CEN具有适度较小的r50。然而,我们发现球状CEN和SAT之间没有尺寸差异,质量和颜色匹配的CEN和SAT之间也没有结构差异。大质量SAT和CEN的相似性表明,这种区别对球体的结构没有显着影响。我们的结论是,Mstar是决定星系基本结构的最基本的属性。缺乏一个明确的n-Mhalo关系排除了一个独特的组质量产生球状体,和负责的形态转化过程必须发生在跨越广泛的群众群体的中心。(节略)

英文摘要:

Using a representative sample of 911 central galaxies (CENs) from the SDSS DR4 group catalogue, we study how the structure of the most massive members in groups and clusters depend on (1) galaxy stellar mass (Mstar), (2) dark matter halo mass of the host group (Mhalo), and (3) their halo-centric position. We establish and thoroughly test a GALFIT-based pipeline to fit 2D Sersic models to SDSS data. We find that the fitting results are most sensitive to the background sky level determination and strongly recommend using the SDSS global value. We find that uncertainties in the background translate into a strong covariance between the total magnitude, half-light size (r50), and Sersic index (n), especially for bright/massive galaxies. We find that n depends strongly on Mstar for CENs, but only weakly or not at all on Mhalo. Less (more) massive CENs tend to be disk (spheroid)-like over the full Mhalo range. Likewise, there is a clear r50-Mstar relation for CENs, with separate slopes for disks and spheroids. When comparing CENs with satellite galaxies (SATs), we find that low mass (<10e10.75 Msun/h^2) SATs have larger median n than CENs of similar Mstar. Low mass, late-type SATs have moderately smaller r50 than late-type CENs of the same Mstar. However, we find no size differences between spheroid-like CENs and SATs, and no structural differences between CENs and SATs matched in both mass and colour. The similarity of massive SATs and CENs shows that this distinction has no significant impact on the structure of spheroids. We conclude that Mstar is the most fundamental property determining the basic structure of a galaxy. The lack of a clear n-Mhalo relation rules out a distinct group mass for producing spheroids, and the responsible morphological transformation processes must occur at the centres of groups spanning a wide range of masses. (abridged)

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