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作为最亮星系团演化特征的Mg2梯度

Mg2 gradients as a signature of brightest cluster galaxy evolution

S. I. Loubser, P. Sanchez-Blazquez

摘要:

我们拟合了附近宇宙中21个最亮星系团的Mg ~ 2吸收指数梯度,并在Gemini望远镜上获得了这些星系团的高信噪比、长缝光谱。这是一个大的光学,空间分辨,光谱样本的BCGs,它允许运动学,动力学和恒星星族属性之间的可能的连接进行研究。我们发现Mg 2梯度和中心速度色散之间的弱相关性,随着质量的增加,梯度变得更陡。在相同的质量范围内的正常椭圆星系的等效相关性没有发现,这表明BCG恒星星族配置文件的形状的机制与他们居住的集群的势阱。这一建议得到加强的Mg 2梯度和BCG的距离之间的相关性的集群的X射线峰值亮度的存在。

英文摘要:

We have fitted the Mg2 absorption index gradients for 21 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), in the nearby Universe, for which we have obtained high signal-to-noise ratio, long-slit spectra on the Gemini telescopes. This is a sub-sample of a large optical, spatially-resolved, spectroscopic sample of BCGs which allows possible connections between the kinematical, dynamical and stellar population properties to be studied. We find a weak correlation between the Mg2 gradients and central velocity dispersion, with gradients becoming steeper with increasing mass. An equivalent correlation for normal ellipticals in the same mass range is not found, suggesting that the BCG stellar population profiles are shaped by mechanisms related to the potential well of the cluster where they live. This suggestion is reinforced by the existence of a correlation between the Mg2 gradients and the BCG distance to the X-ray peak luminosity of the cluster.

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