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80 kpc的星系质量分布

The Mass Profile of the Galaxy to 80 kpc

Oleg Y. Gnedin, Warren R. Brown, Margaret J. Geller, Scott J. Kenyon

摘要:

超高速星巡天提供了目前最大的晕星径向速度测量样本,达到80 kpc。我们应用球形牛仔裤建模这些数据,以获得银河系的质量分布。我们的分析限制在距离银河系中心大于25千秒差距,其中晕星的密度分布很好地近似于一个单一的幂律,对数斜率在-3.5和-4.5之间。有了这个限制,我们也避免了建模一个扁平的银河系盘的复杂性。在25 < r < 80 kpc的范围内,径向速度弥散的下降非常小;其对数斜率的稳健测量值在-0.05和-0.1之间。圆速度分布也随半径的减小而显著减小。V_c(80 kpc)的允许范围在175 ~ 231 km/s之间,最大可能值为193 km/s。与太阳位置的值相比,银河系的圆速度在半径的一个数量级上下降不到20%。这样一个平坦的轮廓需要一个巨大的和扩展的暗物质晕。80 kpc内的质量为6.9(+3.0-1.2)10^11 Msun。我们的径向速度样本足够大,质量中最大的不确定性不是统计性的,而是系统性的,主要由示踪剂种群的密度斜率和各向异性决定。进一步的进展需要在星系形成的真实模拟中对观测数据集进行建模。

英文摘要:

The Hypervelocity Star survey presents the currently largest sample of radial velocity measurements of halo stars out to 80 kpc. We apply spherical Jeans modeling to these data in order to derive the mass profile of the Galaxy. We restrict the analysis to distances larger than 25 kpc from the Galactic center, where the density profile of halo stars is well approximated by a single power law with logarithmic slope between -3.5 and -4.5. With this restriction, we also avoid the complication of modeling a flattened Galactic disk. In the range 25 < r < 80 kpc, the radial velocity dispersion declines remarkably little; a robust measure of its logarithmic slope is between -0.05 and -0.1. The circular velocity profile also declines remarkably little with radius. The allowed range of V_c(80 kpc) lies between 175 and 231 km/s, with the most likely value 193 km/s. Compared with the value at the solar location, the Galactic circular velocity declines by less than 20% over an order of magnitude in radius. Such a flat profile requires a massive and extended dark matter halo. The mass enclosed within 80 kpc is 6.9(+3.0-1.2) 10^11 Msun. Our sample of radial velocities is large enough that the biggest uncertainty in the mass is not statistical but systematic, dominated by the density slope and anisotropy of the tracer population. Further progress requires modeling observed datasets within realistic simulations of galaxy formation.

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