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早型星系质量剖面的斜率和基本面的倾斜

The slope of the mass profile and the tilt of the fundamental plane in early-type galaxies

Philip J. Humphrey, David A. Buote

摘要:

我们提出了一个调查,使用钱德拉X射线天文台,在一个样本的10个星系,集团和集群,跨越~2维里质量的数量级的中心引力质量配置文件。发现在~0.2--10Re(Re为中心星系的光学有效半径)范围内,总质量分布与幂律密度分布非常相似。质量密度分布的负对数斜率α随Re系统地变化,从Re~4kpc系统的α =2到Re> 30 kpc系统的α =1.2。流体静力学平衡引起的波动可能很小,不能很容易地解释这种趋势。我们表明,重子(Sersic)和暗物质(NFW/ Einasto)组件之间的阴谋需要保持幂律总质量分布自然预测的α和Re之间的反相关是非常接近的观察。α随Re的系统性变化意味着Re中有一部分暗物质随星系的性质系统性地变化,其变化方式可以在不进行微调的情况下再现观测到的基本面倾斜。我们推测,建立一个接近幂律的总质量分布,因此是一个基本特征的星系形成和主要因素,它决定了倾斜的基本平面。

英文摘要:

We present a survey, using the Chandra X-ray observatory, of the central gravitating mass profiles in a sample of 10 galaxies, groups and clusters, spanning ~2 orders of magnitude in virial mass. We find the total mass distributions from ~0.2--10Re, where Re is the optical effective radius of the central galaxy, are remarkably similar to powerlaw density profiles. The negative logarithmic slope of the mass density profiles, alpha, systematically varies with Re, from alpha=2, for systems with Re~4kpc to alpha=1.2 for systems with Re>30kpc. Departures from hydrostatic equilibrium are likely to be small and cannot easily explain this trend. We show that the conspiracy between the baryonic (Sersic) and dark matter (NFW/ Einasto) components required to maintain a powerlaw total mass distribution naturally predicts an anti-correlation between alpha and Re that is very close to what is observed. The systematic variation of alpha with Re implies a dark matter fraction within Re that varies systematically with the properties of the galaxy in such a manner as to reproduce, without fine tuning, the observed tilt of the fundamental plane. We speculate that establishing a nearly powerlaw total mass distribution is therefore a fundamental feature of galaxy formation and the primary factor which determines the tilt of the fundamental plane.

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