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干次合并引起的沿S0哈勃型序列的演化。I-整体凸起-圆盘结构关系

Evolution along the sequence of S0 Hubble types induced by dry minor mergers. I - Global bulge-to-disk structural relations

M. Carmen Eliche-Moral, A. Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Jesus Gallego, Jaime Zamorano, Marc Balcells, Mercedes Prieto

摘要:

最近的研究认为,星系合并不是S0演化的重要驱动力,因为合并不能保持这些星系中观测到的凸起和盘尺度长度之间的耦合,并且它们的比率与S0哈勃类型缺乏相关性。我们调查是否产生碰撞的中间和次要合并到S0星系的N-体模拟的残留物演变履行全球结构关系观察到这些星系的凸起和磁盘之间。不同的初始膨胀盘比的主要S0被认为是,以及不同的卫星密度,质量比,和轨道的遭遇。我们分析了最终形态的残留物的图像模拟典型的观测条件的S0调查。我们推导出凸起+磁盘分解的最后残留物比较其全球的凸起磁盘结构与观测。我们发现,所有的残余物目前未受干扰的S0形态根据专门调查的处方。干的中、小型合并引起显著的球核生长(S0c → S0b和S0b → S0a),但对球核和盘尺度长度的影响很小。因此,如果这两个组件之间的耦合在合并之前就存在,那么相遇不会破坏这种耦合。这一事实提供了一个简单的解释,缺乏相关性之间的比例的凸起和磁盘的规模长度和S 0哈勃类型的观测报告。这些模型证明,干燥的中间和次要合并可以诱导全球结构演化的序列中的S0哈勃类型与观测兼容,这意味着这些过程不应该被丢弃的演化场景中的S0的只是在这些星系的凸起和磁盘尺度长度之间观察到的强耦合的基础上(删节)。

英文摘要:

Recent studies have argued that galaxy mergers are not important drivers for the evolution of S0's, on the basis that mergers cannot preserve the coupling between the bulge and disk scale-lengths observed in these galaxies and the lack of correlation of their ratio with the S0 Hubble type. We investigate whether the remnants resulting from collision-less N-body simulations of intermediate and minor mergers onto S0 galaxies evolve fulfilling global structural relations observed between the bulges and disks of these galaxies. Different initial bulge-to-disk ratios of the primary S0 have been considered, as well as different satellite densities, mass ratios, and orbits of the encounter. We have analysed the final morphology of the remnants in images simulating the typical observing conditions of S0 surveys. We derive bulge+disk decompositions of the final remnants to compare their global bulge-to-disk structure with observations. We show that all remnants present undisturbed S0 morphologies according to the prescriptions of specialized surveys. The dry intermediate and minor mergers induce noticeable bulge growth (S0c --> S0b and S0b --> S0a), but affect negligibly to the bulge and disk scale-lengths. Therefore, if a coupling between these two components exists prior to the merger, the encounter does not break this coupling. This fact provides a simple explanation for the lack of correlation between the ratio of bulge and disk scale-lengths and the S0 Hubble type reported by observations. These models prove that dry intermediate and minor mergers can induce global structural evolution within the sequence of S0 Hubble types compatible with observations, meaning that these processes should not be discarded from the evolutionary scenarios of S0's just on the basis of the strong coupling observed between the bulge and disk scale-lengths in these galaxies (abridged).

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