Disk and elliptical galaxies within renormalization group improved gravity
Davi C. Rodrigues, Paulo L. C. de Oliveira, Julio C. Fabris, Ilya L. Shapiro
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5 pages. This paper is based on a talk given by D.C. Rodrigues at the I CosmoSul meeting (Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil. August, 01-05, 2011). To be published in AIP conference Proceedings
The paper is about possible effects of infrared quantum contributions to General Relativity on disk and elliptical galaxies. The Renormalization Group corrected General Relativity (RGGR model) is used to parametrize these quantum effects. The new RGGR results presented here concern the elliptical galaxy NGC 4374 and the dwarf disk galaxy DDO 47. Using the effective approach to Quantum Field Theory in curved background, one can argue that the proper RG energy scale, in the weak field limit, should be related to the Newtonian potential. In the context of galaxies, this led to a remarkably small variation of the gravitational coupling G, while also capable of generating galaxy rotation and dispersion curves of similar quality to the the best dark matter profiles (i.e., the profiles that have a core).
We study the shapes and intrinsic alignments of disks and elliptical galaxies in the MassiveBlack-II (MBII) and Illustris cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, with volumes of $(100h^{-1}Mpc)^{3}$ and $(75h^{-1}Mpc)^{3}$ respectively. We find that simulated disk galaxies are more oblate in shape and more misaligned with the shape of their host dark matter subhalo when compared with ellipticals. The disk major axis is found to be oriented towards the location of nearby elliptical galaxies. We also find that the disks are thinner in MBII and misalignments with dark matter halo orientations are …
This is the summary chapter of a review book on galaxy bulges. Bulge properties and formation histories are more varied than those of ellipticals. I emphasize two advances: 1 - "Classical bulges" are observationally indistinguishable from ellipticals, and like them, are thought to form by major galaxy mergers. "Disky pseudobulges" are diskier and more actively star-forming (except in S0s) than are ellipticals. Theys are products of the slow ("secular") evolution of galaxy disks: bars and other nonaxisymmetries move disk gas toward the center, where it starbursts and builds relatively flat, rap…
We present a theoretical model for the evolution of mass, angular momentum and size of galaxy disks and bulges, and we implement it into the semi-analytic galaxy formation code SAGE. The model follows both secular and violent evolutionary channels, including smooth accretion, disk instabilities, minor and major mergers. We find that the combination of our recipe with hierarchical clustering produces two distinct populations of bulges: merger-driven bulges, akin to classical bulges and ellipticals, and instability-driven bulges, akin to secular (or pseudo-)bulges. The model mostly reproduces th…
We investigate the formation history of massive disk galaxies in hydro-dynamical simulation--the IllustrisTNG, to study why massive disk galaxies survive through cosmic time. 83 galaxies in the simulation are selected with M$_{*,z=0}$ $>8\times10^{10}$ M$_\odot$ and kinematic bulge-to-total ratio less than $0.3$. We find that 8.4 percent of these massive disk galaxies have quiet merger histories and preserve disk morphology since formed. 54.2 percent have a significant increase in bulge components in history, then become disks again till present time. The rest 37.3 percent experience prominent…
We explore the evolution of the stellar mass-size relation of galaxies of different morphological types and specifically bulge and disk components. We use a sample of $\sim35,000$ galaxies within a redshift range $0 < z < 1$, and stellar mass $\log_{10}(\mathrm{M}_*/\mathrm{M}_\odot) \geq 9.5$ volume-limited sample drawn from the combined DEVILS and HST-COSMOS region for which we presented a morphological classification into sub-classes of double-component (BD), pure-disk (pD), elliptical (E), and compact (C) in Paper-I and a structural decomposition into disk (D), diffuse bulge (dB), and comp…
Listening to galaxies tuning at z ~ 2.5 - 3.0: The first strikes of the Hubble fork
我们调查的494个星系从GMASS调查中选择在z>1,主要是在其光学静止框架,使用HST图像,从CANDELS调查的形态学特性。我们认为哈勃序列的星系形态在红移2.5<z 1时形成<3. The fractions of both ellipticals and disks decrease with increasing lookback time at z>,因此在红移z=2.5-2.7及以上时,哈勃类型无法识别,大多数星系被归类为不规则星系。定量形态学分析表明,在1<z<3时,形态学参数在区分不同形态的哈勃类型时不如在低红移时有效。没有显着的形态k-校正被发现需要哈勃类型的分类,有一些例外。一般来说,不同的形态类型占据了星系的静止坐标系(U-B)色双峰的两个峰:大多数不规则星系占据蓝峰,而椭圆星系主要位于红峰,尽管有一定程度的污染。椭圆星系比不规则星系和椭圆星系分布更均匀。我们发现,在UVJ图中的星系的位置是有关其形态类型:“静止”的绘图区域主要是由椭圆形,并在较小程度上,由磁盘。我们发现,在我们的样本中,只有~33%的所有形态椭圆星系是红色和被动演化的星系。形态上被归类为椭圆星系的蓝色星系与红色星系有着显著的结构相似性。几乎所有的不规则星系都有一个恒星形成的星系光谱。此外,大多数盘在其光谱中显示出恒星形成活动的迹象,尽管在某些情况下,它们的红色连续谱表明了…
Numerical modelling of Auriga's Wheel - a new ring galaxy
我们模拟御夫座之轮的形成-最近发现的碰撞环星系。御夫座之轮有许多有趣的特征,包括一座恒星桥,连接邻近的椭圆星系和环形星系,以及环内膨胀和旋转成分的证据。利用N-body/SPH模型,我们研究了椭圆星系与晚型盘星系之间的碰撞。一个近直接碰撞,与一个温和的倾斜盘,被发现合理地再现一般系统形态?50百万年后的碰撞。碰撞必须有一个相对较低的速度(最初~150 km s^{-1}),以形成观察到的桥梁,同时匹配星系分离。我们的最佳匹配模型表明,总盘星系的质量是椭圆星系的5倍。我们发现环的膨胀速度对椭圆的质量敏感,而对相遇速度不敏感。我们将我们的模拟发展到当前时代之外,以研究星系对的未来命运。在我们的模型中,原子核朝着恒星桥的方向远离环平面。核心最终与椭圆星系合并~100百万年后的现在。环继续膨胀约2亿年,然后塌缩回来。两个星系的初始相对速度很低,最终将导致完全合并。
Discovery of an isolated compact elliptical galaxy in the field
我们提出了一个孤立的紧凑的椭圆(CE)星系的发现,发现在SDSS DR 7的CE搜索,并为我们获得WHT/ACAM成像。它距离最近的邻居约900千秒差距,有效r波段半径约为500秒差距,有效半径内的B波段平均表面亮度为19.75等/角秒。偶然的深层SuprimeCam成像显示没有潜在的磁盘。其孤立的位置表明,有一个替代的通道剥离的情况下,形成紧凑的椭圆。我们还报告了对先前候选的自由飞行的cE的最近更深成像的分析,这表明它实际上是一个正常的矮椭圆(dE)。因此,这里报道的新的cE是第一个被证实的孤立的紧凑的椭圆形被发现在外地。
The similar stellar populations of quiescent spiral and elliptical galaxies
我们比较了星系动物园和SDSS DR 7中视觉分类的非恒星形成螺旋星系和椭圆星系中心区域的恒星星族特性。这些星系位于红移范围$0.04<z<0.1$内,恒星质量大于$logM_*=10.4$。我们只选择正面的螺旋星系,以避免污染的光从光盘的SDSS光纤,使强大的视觉识别的螺旋结构。总的来说,我们发现,星系与较大的中央恒星速度色散,无论形态类型,有年龄较大,较高的金属丰度,和增加过剩的α-元素。年龄和α增强,在固定的速度分散,不依赖于形态类型。唯一的参数,在一个给定的速度色散,与形态类型相关的是金属丰度,在那里的螺旋星系的凸起的金属丰度是0.07德克斯高于椭圆星系。然而,对于具有给定总恒星质量的星系,这种对形态的依赖性消失了。假设,对于我们的样本,速度色散跟踪的质量单独的凸起,而不是总质量(凸起+磁盘)的星系,我们的研究结果意味着星系的形成时代和恒星形成期的持续时间与质量的凸起。金属保留在星系中的程度,而不是由于流出而被移除,由星系的总质量决定。