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半人马座Ω中中等质量黑洞的质量估计

A mass estimate of an intermediate-mass black hole in omega Centauri

P. Miocchi

摘要:

上下文球状星团中心是否存在中等质量黑洞是当前天体物理研究中的一个热点和有争议的问题,它对恒星和星系形成具有重要意义。目标。在本文中,我们的目的是进一步支持的存在下,IMBH在半人马座欧米茄,并提供一个独立的估计其质量。方法.我们采用自洽球模型与各向异性的速度分布。它包括在一个概括的国王模型,包括Bahcall-Wolf分布函数在IMBH附近。结果通过对最近的HST/ACS表面亮度剖面数据的参数拟合,我们发现IMBH与团簇的总质量比为M_BH/M = 5.8(+0.9-1.2)× 10^(-3)。它还发现,该模型产生的视线速度分散分布,更好地没有质量隔离比在隔离的情况下,适合。这证实了目前对这个特殊星系团的非松弛状态的看法。此外,对运动学数据的最佳拟合模型得出的星团总质量估计值为M =(3.1 +/- 0.3)x 10^6 Msol,因此IMBH质量的范围为13,000 < M_BH <23,000 Msol(1-sigma置信水平)。需要在外部区域(r > 12 ')中的轻微程度的径向速度各向异性来匹配外表面亮度轮廓。

英文摘要:

Context. The problem of the existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) at the centre of globular clusters is a hot and controversial topic in current astrophysical research with important implications in stellar and galaxy formation. Aims. In this paper, we aim at giving further support to the presence of an IMBH in omega Centauri and at providing an independent estimate of its mass. Methods. We employed a self-consistent spherical model with anisotropic velocity distribution. It consists in a generalisation of the King model by including the Bahcall-Wolf distribution function in the IMBH vicinity. Results. By the parametric fitting of the model to recent HST/ACS data for the surface brightness profile, we found an IMBH to cluster total mass ratio of M_BH/M = 5.8(+0.9-1.2) x 10^(-3). It is also found that the model yields a fit of the line-of-sight velocity dispersion profile that is better without mass segregation than in the segregated case. This confirms the current thought of a non-relaxed status for this peculiar cluster. The best fit model to the kinematic data leads, moreover, to a cluster total mass estimate of M = (3.1 +/- 0.3) x 10^6 Msol, thus giving an IMBH mass in the range 13,000 < M_BH < 23,000 Msol (at 1-sigma confidence level). A slight degree of radial velocity anisotropy in the outer region (r > 12') is required to match the outer surface brightness profile.

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