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从X射线发射等离子体中的金属分布看NGC 1550星系的星系合并方案

A Galaxy Merger Scenario for the NGC 1550 Galaxy from Metal Distributions in the X-ray Emitting Plasma

Madoka Kawaharada, Kazuo Makishima, Takao Kitaguchi, Sho Okuyama, Kazuhiro Nakazawa, Kyoko Matsushita, Yasushi Fukazawa

摘要:

用扩展X射线源RX J 0419 +0225对红移为$z=0.01239$的椭圆星系NGC 1550进行了31 ks的{ \it XMM-牛顿}观测。根据2微米全天巡天的X射线数据和近红外数据,我们得到了组成NGC 1550系统的气体质量、总质量、金属质量和星系光度的分布。金属(氧、硅和铁)从中心延伸到$\sim 200$ kpc,其中$\sim$ 70%的$K$带亮度由NGC 1550本身携带。正如{ \it ASCA}首次揭示的那样,数据再次证实了暗晕的存在,其质量($1.6 \times 10^{13} M_{\odot}$)是典型的星系群而不是单个星系。在210千秒差距内,$K$带的质光比达到$75 M_{\odot}/L_{\odot}$,与星系团相当。铁质光比分布(硅和氧质光比分布也是如此)显示出向中心降低约两个数量级。进一步的研究比较了金属与其他星团成分的质量密度,发现ICM中的铁(以及硅)可以很好地追踪总的引力质量,而恒星成分则明显集中在NGC 1550核的几十kpc内。因此,在中心区域,金属的数量显着耗尽发光的星系光。在对这种效应的几种可能的解释中,最有可能的情况是,这个系统中的星系最初比今天延伸得多,然后逐渐向中心下降并合并成NGC 1550。

英文摘要:

The elliptical galaxy NGC 1550 at a redshift of $z=0.01239$, identified with an extended X-ray source RX J0419+0225, was observed with {\it XMM-Newton} for 31 ks. From the X-ray data and archival near infra-red data of Two Micron All Sky survay, we derive the profiles of components constituting the NGC 1550 system; the gas mass, total mass, metal mass, and galaxy luminosity. The metals (oxygen, silicon, and iron) are extended to $\sim 200$ kpc from the center, wherein $\sim$ 70% of the $K$-band luminosity is carried by NGC 1550 itself. As first revealed with {\it ASCA}, the data reconfirms the presence of a dark halo, of which the mass ($1.6 \times 10^{13} M_{\odot}$) is typical of a galaxy group rather than of a single galaxy. Within 210 kpc, the $K$-band mass-to-light ratio reaches $75 M_{\odot}/L_{\odot}$, which is comparable to those of clusters of galaxies. The iron-mass-to-light ratio profile (silicon- and oxygen mass-to-light ratio profiles as well) exhibits about two orders of magnitude decrease toward the center. Further studies comparing mass densities of metals with those of the other cluster components reveal that the iron (as well as silicon) in the ICM traces very well the total gravitating mass, whereas the stellar component is significantly more concentrated to within several tens kpc of the NGC 1550 nucleus. Thus, in the central region, the amount of metals is significantly depleted for the luminous galaxy light. Among a few possible explanations of this effect, the most likely scenario is that galaxies in this system were initially much more extended than today, and gradually fell to the center and merged into NGC 1550.

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