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早型星系中恒星初始质量函数清单

An inventory of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies

Crescenzo Tortora, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Nicola R. Napolitano

摘要:

鉴于最近的一系列索赔的恒星初始质量函数(IMF)的系统变化,我们进行了第一次库存的观测证据使用不同的方法。这包括文献的结果,以及我们自己的新发现,从综合恒星人口的合成(SPS)和牛仔裤动力学分析的数据$\sim$ ~4500早期型星系(ETG)的SPIDER项目。我们专注于相对于银河系IMF,\dimf,对中央恒星速度色散,\sigs相关的质光比失配。我们发现一个强的相关性之间的\dimf \和\sigs,广泛的暗物质(DM)模型配置文件。如果在整个样品中采用均匀的重子晕响应,则这些结果是稳健的。\dimf的总体正常化和详细的DM特征不太确定,但数据与标准的冷DM晕和与\sigs大致恒定的中心DM分数一致。对于各种相关的研究文献中,使用SPS,动力学和引力透镜,类似的结果found. Studies完全基于光谱线诊断同意Salpeter-like IMF在高\sigs,但在低\sigs不同。总的来说,我们发现,多个独立的证据线似乎是在国际货币基金组织的系统性变化,这样的高- \sigs \ETG有多余的低质量恒星相对于螺旋和低- \sigs \ETG。在最高的- \sigs \星系的超级Salpeter IMF的强大的验证将需要额外的散射和系统的不确定性的审查。对DM分布的影响仍然没有定论。

英文摘要:

Given a flurry of recent claims for systematic variations in the stellar initial mass function (IMF), we carry out the first inventory of the observational evidence using different approaches. This includes literature results, as well as our own new findings from combined stellar-populations synthesis (SPS) and Jeans dynamical analyses of data on $\sim$~4500 early-type galaxies (ETGs) from the SPIDER project. We focus on the mass-to-light ratio mismatch relative to the Milky Way IMF, \dimf, correlated against the central stellar velocity dispersion, \sigs. We find a strong correlation between \dimf\ and \sigs, for a wide set of dark matter (DM) model profiles. These results are robust if a uniform halo response to baryons is adopted across the sample. The overall normalization of \dimf, and the detailed DM profile, are less certain, but the data are consistent with standard cold-DM halos, and a central DM fraction that is roughly constant with \sigs. For a variety of related studies in the literature, using SPS, dynamics, and gravitational lensing, similar results are found. Studies based solely on spectroscopic line diagnostics agree on a Salpeter-like IMF at high \sigs, but differ at low \sigs. Overall, we find that multiple independent lines of evidence appear to be converging on a systematic variation in the IMF, such that high-\sigs\ ETGs have an excess of low-mass stars relative to spirals and low-\sigs\ ETGs. Robust verification of super-Salpeter IMFs in the highest-\sigs\ galaxies will require additional scrutiny of scatter and systematic uncertainties. The implications for the distribution of DM are still inconclusive.

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