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早型星系NGC 3379和NGC 821中四个有效半径范围内的恒星速度分布和线强度

Stellar velocity profiles and line strengths out to four effective radii in the early-type galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 821

A. Weijmans, M. Cappellari, R. Bacon, P. T. de Zeeuw, E. Emsellem, J. Falcon-Barroso, H. Kuntschner, R. M. McDermid, R. C. E. van den Bosch, G. van de Ven

摘要:

利用积分场摄谱仪SAURON测量了早型星系NGC 3379和NGC 821在四个有效半径范围内的恒星视速度分布和吸收线强度。通过我们新开发的观测技术,我们现在可以探测星系中的这些微弱区域,这些区域以前无法用传统的长缝光谱学进行探测。我们充分利用了光谱仪的大视场和高吞吐量:通过将所有~1400个小透镜的信号添加到一个光谱中,我们在几个小时的观察时间内获得足够的信噪比,以可靠地测量大半径的吸收线运动学和线强度。我们发现,以前观察到的线强度梯度1 Re内保持恒定的至少4 Re,这就限制了这些星系的合并历史。恒星晕的人口是旧的和贫金属。通过构建基于轨道的史瓦西动力学模型,我们发现,暗物质是必要的,以解释观察到的运动学在NGC 3379和NGC 821,与30 - 50%的总物质是黑暗的4 Re。由于轨道结构的差异,我们的最佳拟合晕模型的径向各向异性小于我们的模型没有晕。晕也对Mgb - Vesc关系有影响:当暗物质晕加入模型时,它的斜率会更陡。

英文摘要:

We use the integral-field spectrograph SAURON to measure the stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution and absorption line strengths out to four effective radii (Re) in the early-type galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 821. With our newly developed observing technique we can now probe these faint regions in galaxies that were previously not accessible with traditional long-slit spectroscopy. We make optimal use of the large field-of-view and high throughput of the spectrograph: by adding the signal of all ~1400 lenslets into one spectrum, we obtain sufficient signal-to-noise in a few hours of observing time to reliably measure the absorption line kinematics and line strengths out to large radius. We find that the line strength gradients previously observed within 1 Re remain constant out to at least 4 Re, which puts constraints on the merger histories of these galaxies. The stellar halo populations are old and metal-poor. By constructing orbit-based Schwarzschild dynamical models we find that dark matter is necessary to explain the observed kinematics in NGC 3379 and NGC 821, with 30 - 50 per cent of the total matter being dark within 4 Re. The radial anisotropy in our best-fit halo models is less than in our models without halo, due to differences in orbital structure. The halo also has an effect on the Mgb - Vesc relation: its slope is steeper when a dark matter halo is added to the model.

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