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弱引力透镜对星系暗物质晕形状的限制

Constraints on the shapes of galaxy dark matter haloes from weak gravitational lensing

Edo van Uitert, Henk Hoekstra, Tim Schrabback, David G. Gilbank, Michael D. Gladders, H. K. C. Yee

摘要:

利用第二次红序星系团巡天(RCS 2)中星系周围弱引力透镜信号的各向异性测量,研究了星系暗物质晕的形状。我们确定了三个透镜样本维里半径内的平均剪切各向异性:所有星系19<m_r '<21.5,以及“红”和“蓝”样本,其透镜信号分别由大质量低红移早型和晚型星系主导。为了研究透镜信号的环境依赖性,我们将每个透镜样本分成孤立和聚类部分,并分别进行分析。我们还测量了透镜样品周围物理关联星系分布的方位角依赖性。我们发现,这些卫星优先居住在透镜的主轴附近,并限制透镜的主轴和卫星的平均位置之间的角度<theta>=43.7度+/- 0.3度的“所有”透镜,<theta>=41.7度+/- 0.5度的“红色”透镜<theta>和=42.0度+/- 1.4度的“蓝色”透镜。对于“所有”样本,我们发现星系质量互相关联函数的各向<f-f_45>异性=0.23 +/- 0.12,为平均星系嵌入三轴暗物质晕中并优先与之对齐的观点提供了弱支持。假设椭圆Navarro-Frenk-White(NFW)轮廓,我们发现暗物质晕的椭圆率与星系的椭圆率之比f_h=e_h/e_g=1.50+1.03-1.01,当透镜的平均椭圆率为0.25时,如果晕与透镜完全对准,则对应于投影晕的椭圆率e_h=0.38+0.26-0.25。对于“全部”样本的孤立星系,平均剪切各向异性增加到<f-f_45>=0.51+0.26-0.25和f_h=4.73+2.17-2.05,而对于成团星系,信号与零一致。(节略)

英文摘要:

We study the shapes of galaxy dark matter haloes by measuring the anisotropy of the weak gravitational lensing signal around galaxies in the second Red-sequence Cluster Survey (RCS2). We determine the average shear anisotropy within the virial radius for three lens samples: all galaxies with 19<m_r'<21.5, and the `red' and `blue' samples, whose lensing signals are dominated by massive low-redshift early-type and late-type galaxies, respectively. To study the environmental dependence of the lensing signal, we separate each lens sample into an isolated and clustered part and analyse them separately. We also measure the azimuthal dependence of the distribution of physically associated galaxies around the lens samples. We find that these satellites preferentially reside near the major axis of the lenses, and constrain the angle between the major axis of the lens and the average location of the satellites to <theta>=43.7 deg +/- 0.3 deg for the `all' lenses, <theta>=41.7 deg +/- 0.5 deg for the `red' lenses and <theta>=42.0 deg +/- 1.4 deg for the `blue' lenses. For the `all' sample, we find that the anisotropy of the galaxy-mass cross-correlation function <f-f_45>=0.23 +/- 0.12, providing weak support for the view that the average galaxy is embedded in, and preferentially aligned with, a triaxial dark matter halo. Assuming an elliptical Navarro-Frenk-White (NFW) profile, we find that the ratio of the dark matter halo ellipticity and the galaxy ellipticity f_h=e_h/e_g=1.50+1.03-1.01, which for a mean lens ellipticity of 0.25 corresponds to a projected halo ellipticity of e_h=0.38+0.26-0.25 if the halo and the lens are perfectly aligned. For isolated galaxies of the `all' sample, the average shear anisotropy increases to <f-f_45>=0.51+0.26-0.25 and f_h=4.73+2.17-2.05, whilst for clustered galaxies the signal is consistent with zero. (abridged)

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