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NGC 3311周围的动态热恒星晕:一个小星团主导的中央星系

The dynamically hot stellar halo around NGC 3311: a small cluster-dominated central galaxy

G. Ventimiglia, O. Gerhard, M. Arnaboldi, L. Coccato

摘要:

在星系团中,团内光与中央星系晕的关系是一个重要的悬而未决的问题。在这里,我们报告的结果,从一个正在进行的项目,目的是在NGC 3311周围的长蛇座I(阿贝尔1060)集群的核心动力学状态的特征。方法:我们分析了NGC 3311晕中达到~25 kpc的深长缝吸收线光谱。结果:在R ~ 12 kpc处,速度弥散分布从中心σ 0 =150 km/s急剧增加到σ out ~450 km/s。更远的地方,到25 kpc,sigma似乎是恒定的,这是Hydra I星系速度色散的60%。NGC 3311的热晕动力学不同于其他正常的早型星系。结论:这些结果和从NGC 3311周围的X射线推断出的大量暗物质表明,该星系的恒星晕主要由星团的中央星团内恒星控制,并且从主要的星系束缚星到星团恒星的转变发生在距离NGC 3311中心4到12 kpc的径向范围内。我们评论的晕运动学观察到的星系团中央星系的范围很广,这取决于其主机集群的演化状态。

英文摘要:

An important open question is the relation between intracluster light and the halos of central galaxies in galaxy clusters. Here we report results from an on going project with the aim to characterize the dynamical state in the core of the Hydra I (Abell 1060) cluster around NGC 3311. Methods: We analyze deep long-slit absorption line spectra reaching out to ~25 kpc in the halo of NGC 3311. Results: We find a very steep increase in the velocity dispersion profile from a central sigma_0=150 km/s to sigma_out ~450 km/s at R ~ 12 kpc. Farther out, to ~25 kpc, sigma appears to be constant at this value, which is ~60% of the velocity dispersion of the Hydra I galaxies. With its dynamically hot halo kinematics, NGC 3311 is unlike other normal early-type galaxies. Conclusions: These results and the large amount of dark matter inferred from X-rays around NGC 3311 suggest that the stellar halo of this galaxy is dominated by the central intracluster stars of the cluster, and that the transition from predominantly galaxy-bound stars to cluster stars occurs in the radial range 4 to 12 kpc from the center of NGC 3311. We comment on the wide range of halo kinematics observed in cluster central galaxies, depending on the evolutionary state of their host clusters.

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