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早型星系I发光卫星的空间分布

Luminous Satellites of Early-Type Galaxies I: Spatial Distribution

A. M. Nierenberg, M. W. Auger, T. Treu, P. J. Marshall, C. D. Fassnacht

摘要:

本文研究了从GOODS场中选出的中红移(0.1<z<0.8)早型星系的暗卫星星系的空间分布。我们结合高分辨率的HST图像和最先进的主机减法技术,以检测前所未有的微弱和接近中等红移的宿主星系(高达5.5级微弱和接近0。“5/2.5 kpc到东道中心)。我们模拟主机附近的对象的空间分布作为一个各向同性的,同质的背景/前景人口和卫星人口的幂律径向分布和椭圆形角分布的组合。我们发现了大量的卫星,Ns =1.7(+0.9,-0.8),与银河系中具有相似主星对比度的卫星数量相当,卫星分布的平均投影径向轮廓是等温的,gamma_p= -1.0(+0.3,-0.4),这与观测到的大质量早型星系的中心质量密度轮廓一致。此外,卫星分布是高度各向异性的(在>99.99%的置信水平下排除各向同性)。将phi定义为卫星空间分布的长轴与宿主光剖面的长轴之间的偏移,我们发现在68%置信水平下phi = 0且|phi|小于42度的最大后验概率。卫星分布与主机光的对齐与模拟是一致的,假设光跟踪透镜星系观察到的主机星系的质量。卫星群的各向异性增强了其产生引力透镜类星体中观测到的通量比异常的能力。

英文摘要:

We study the spatial distribution of faint satellites of intermediate redshift (0.1<z<0.8), early-type galaxies, selected from the GOODS fields. We combine high resolution HST images and state-of-the-art host subtraction techniques to detect satellites of unprecedented faintness and proximity to intermediate redshift host galaxies (up to 5.5 magnitudes fainter and as close as 0."5/2.5 kpc to the host centers). We model the spatial distribution of objects near the hosts as a combination of an isotropic, homogenous background/foreground population and a satellite population with a power law radial profile and an elliptical angular distribution. We detect a significant population of satellites, Ns =1.7 (+0.9,-0.8) that is comparable to the number of Milky Way satellites with similar host-satellite contrast.The average projected radial profile of the satellite distribution is isothermal, gamma_p= -1.0(+0.3,-0.4), which is consistent with the observed central mass density profile of massive early-type galaxies. Furthermore, the satellite distribution is highly anisotropic (isotropy is ruled out at a >99.99% confidence level). Defining phi to be the offset between the major axis of the satellite spatial distribution and the major axis of the host light profile, we find a maximum posterior probability of phi = 0 and |phi| less than 42 degrees at the 68% confidence level. The alignment of the satellite distribution with the light of the host is consistent with simulations, assuming that light traces mass for the host galaxy as observed for lens galaxies. The anisotropy of the satellite population enhances its ability to produce the flux ratio anomalies observed in gravitationally lensed quasars.

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