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大质量早型星系中暗物质收缩和Salpeter IMF的证据

Evidence for dark matter contraction and a Salpeter IMF in a massive early-type galaxy

Alessandro Sonnenfeld, Tommaso Treu, Raphael Gavazzi, Philip J. Marshall, Matthew W. Auger, Sherry H. Suyu, Leon V. E. Koopmans, Adam S. Bolton

摘要:

恒星和暗物质占据了早期星系的大部分质量,但恒星星族和暗物质分布的不确定性使得区分这两种成分具有挑战性。然而,对恒星和暗物质的精确观测对于检验结构形成和演化的许多模型是极其有价值的。我们在$z=0.222$上测量了一个大质量早型星系的恒星质量和暗物质晕的内斜率。该星系是双爱因斯坦环引力透镜系统SDSSJ 0946 +1006的前景偏转器,也被称为“头奖”。通过结合透镜和动力学的工具,我们首先将外环半径内的总质量密度分布($ρ_{\rm{tot}}\propto r^{-γ'}$)的平均斜率约束为$γ' = 1.98\pm0.02\pm0.01$。然后,我们得到一个膨胀晕分解,假设幂律形式的暗物质晕。我们的分析产生$γ_{\rm{DM}} = 1.7\pm0.2$的内斜率的暗物质的配置文件,在协议的理论研究结果的暗物质在椭圆形的分布,和恒星质量的透镜和动力学$M_*^{\rm{LD}} = 5.5_{-1.3}^{+0.4}\times10^{11}M_\Sun$。通过比较这一测量结果与恒星质量推断的恒星星族综合拟合,我们发现,一个Salpeter IMF提供了一个很好的描述的恒星星族的透镜,而IMF是比Chabrier重的概率是95%。我们的数据表明,从一个紧凑的红块的小系统的吸积增长是一个合理的形成这个对象的情况。

英文摘要:

Stars and dark matter account for most of the mass of early-type galaxies, but uncertainties in the stellar population and the dark matter profile make it challenging to distinguish between the two components. Nevertheless, precise observations of stellar and dark matter are extremely valuable for testing the many models of structure formation and evolution. We present a measurement of the stellar mass and inner slope of the dark matter halo of a massive early-type galaxy at $z=0.222$. The galaxy is the foreground deflector of the double Einstein ring gravitational lens system SDSSJ0946+1006, also known as the "Jackpot". By combining the tools of lensing and dynamics, we first constrain the mean slope of the total mass density profile ($ρ_{\rm{tot}}\propto r^{-γ'}$) within the radius of the outer ring to be $γ' = 1.98\pm0.02\pm0.01$. Then we obtain a bulge-halo decomposition, assuming a power-law form for the dark matter halo. Our analysis yields $γ_{\rm{DM}} = 1.7\pm0.2$ for the inner slope of the dark matter profile, in agreement with theoretical findings on the distribution of dark matter in ellipticals, and a stellar mass from lensing and dynamics $M_*^{\rm{LD}} = 5.5_{-1.3}^{+0.4}\times10^{11}M_\Sun$. By comparing this measurement with stellar masses inferred from stellar population synthesis fitting we find that a Salpeter IMF provides a good description of the stellar population of the lens while the probability of the IMF being heavier than Chabrier is 95%. Our data suggest that growth by accretion of small systems from a compact red nugget is a plausible formation scenario for this object.

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