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半导体的化石群性质

The Properties of Fossil Groups of Galaxies

Paul Eigenthaler, Werner W. Zeilinger

摘要:

过去几年的数值模拟以及光学和X射线观测表明,贫穷的星系群可以进化成所谓的化石群。动力学摩擦作为驱动过程,导致普通贫穷星系群中的单个星系合并,只留下一个中心的大质量椭圆星系,应该包含整个星系群的合并历史。由于较小质量星系的合并时间尺度和X射线群内介质的气体冷却时间尺度超过哈勃时间,预计周围的暗星系群在这种星系自相残杀中幸存下来,以及类似于普通星系群中发现的扩展X射线晕。最近的研究表明,化石群非常丰富,可能是最亮的星系团(BCGs)的祖先在丰富的星系团的中心。然而,只有少数对象是已知的文献。本文旨在总结过去几年来的观测化石群研究结果,并介绍作者正在进行的工作。作为对以前研究的补充,SDSS和RASS调查已经相互关联,以确定新的化石结构,产生34个新发现的化石组候选者。用4.2米威廉·赫歇尔望远镜的ISIS对6个化石群的中央椭圆星系进行了观测,研究了它们的恒星星族。此外,多目标光谱与VLTs VIMOS已被执行,以研究的形状OLF的一个化石系统。

英文摘要:

Numerical simulations as well as optical and X-ray observations over the last few years have shown that poor groups of galaxies can evolve to what is called a fossil group. Dynamical friction as the driving process leads to the coalescence of individual galaxies in ordinary poor groups leaving behind nothing more than a central, massive elliptical galaxy supposed to contain the merger history of the whole group. Due to merging timescales for less-massive galaxies and gas cooling timescales of the X-ray intragroup medium exceeding a Hubble time, a surrounding faint-galaxy population having survived this galactic cannibalism as well as an extended X-ray halo similar to that found in ordinary groups, is expected. Recent studies suggest that fossil groups are very abundant and could be the progenitors of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in the centers of rich galaxy clusters. However, only a few objects are known to the literature. This article aims to summarize the results of observational fossil group research over the last few years and presents ongoing work by the authors. Complementary to previous research, the SDSS and RASS surveys have been cross-correlated to identify new fossil structures yielding 34 newly detected fossil group candidates. Observations with ISIS at the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope on La Palma have been carried out to study the stellar populations of the central ellipticals of 6 fossil groups. In addition multi-object spectroscopy with VLTs VIMOS has been performed to study the shape of the OLF of one fossil system.

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