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B2射电星系的核心基本面

The core fundamental plane of B2 radio galaxies

D. Bettoni, R. Falomo, P. Parma, H. De Ruiter, R. Fanti

摘要:

椭圆星系中心的光度、结构和运动学性质是研究星系形成历史的重要信息。在非活动的椭圆星系的情况下,这些属性是联系在一起的方式,表面亮度,破裂半径和速度分散的核心在于一个基本平面上发现类似的全球性的属性。我们构造了一个相当大的样本的低红移射电星系的核心基本面(CFP),并将其与非无线电椭圆。为了实现这一目标,我们结合从高分辨率的HST图像与中等分辨率的光学光谱获得的数据,以获得~40个低红移射电星系的光度和运动学性质。我们发现,射电星系的CFPs是无法区分的,由非射电椭圆星系的光度相似的定义。射电星系的CFP特征也与由射电(和非射电)椭圆星系的整体性质导出的基本面(FP)特征一致(斜率相同)。射电和非射电椭圆星系的CFP和FP的相似性表明,这些星系的活动阶段对星系结构的影响很小。

英文摘要:

The photometric, structural and kinematical properties of the centers of elliptical galaxies, harbor important information of the formation history of the galaxies. In the case of non active elliptical galaxies these properties are linked in a way that surface brightness, break radius and velocity dispersion of the core lie on a fundamental plane similar to that found for their global properties. We construct the Core Fundamental Plane (CFP) for a sizeable sample of low redshift radio galaxies and compare it with that of non radio ellipticals. To pursue this aim we combine data obtained from high resolution HST images with medium resolution optical spectroscopy to derive the photometric and kinematic properties of ~40 low redshift radio galaxies. We find that the CFPs of radio galaxies is indistinguishable from that defined by non radio elliptical galaxies of similar luminosity. The characteristics of the CFP of radio galaxies are also consistent (same slope) with those of the Fundamental Plane (FP) derived from the global properties of radio (and non radio) elliptical galaxies. The similarity of CFP and FP for radio and non radio ellipticals suggests that the active phase of these galaxies has minimal effects for the structure of the galaxies.

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