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仙女座矮椭球系统的运动学研究

A kinematic study of the Andromeda dwarf spheroidal system

Michelle L. M. Collins, Scott C. Chapman, R. Michael Rich, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Nicolas F. Martin, Michael J. Irwin, Nicholas F. Bate, Geraint F. Lewis, Jorge Peña… 展开作者

Michelle L. M. Collins, Scott C. Chapman, R. Michael Rich, Rodrigo A. Ibata, Nicolas F. Martin, Michael J. Irwin, Nicholas F. Bate, Geraint F. Lewis, Jorge Peñarrubia, Nobuo Arimoto, Caitlin M. Casey, Annette M. N. Ferguson, Andreas Koch, Alan W. McConnachie, Nial Tanvir

摘要:

我们提出了一个均匀的红巨星分支恒星的运动学分析内18的28仙女座矮球状(dSph)星系,获得使用凯克I LRIS和凯克II DEIMOS摄谱仪。基于它们的g-i颜色(用CFHT MegaCam成像仪拍摄),在天空中的物理位置和径向速度,我们将dSph成员资格的概率分配给每个观察到的恒星。利用这些信息,速度色散,中心质量和中心密度的暗物质晕计算这些对象,并与银河系dSph人口的属性进行比较。我们还测量了每个M31 dSph成员星的平均金属丰度([Fe/H]),发现它们与银河系中观测到的[Fe/H]随光度降低的趋势一致。我们发现我们研究的三个M31 dSphs在它们的中心速度色散方面表现为显著的异常值,XIX,XXI和XXV,它们都具有大的半光半径(>700 pc)和低的速度色散(sigma_v<5 km/s)。此外,And XXV在其半光半径范围内的质光比仅为[M/L]_{half}=10.3^{+7.0}_{-6.7},这使得它与一个简单的恒星系统相一致,在其1 sigma不确定度范围内没有明显的暗物质成分。我们认为,这些异常值的暗物质晕的结构已被潮汐显着改变。

英文摘要:

We present a homogeneous kinematic analysis of red giant branch stars within 18 of the 28 Andromeda dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies, obtained using the Keck I LRIS and Keck II DEIMOS spectrographs. Based on their g-i colors (taken with the CFHT MegaCam imager), physical positions on the sky, and radial velocities, we assign probabilities of dSph membership to each observed star. Using this information, the velocity dispersions, central masses and central densities of the dark matter halos are calculated for these objects, and compared with the properties of the Milky Way dSph population. We also measure the average metallicity ([Fe/H]) from the co-added spectra of member stars for each M31 dSph and find that they are consistent with the trend of decreasing [Fe/H] with luminosity observed in the Milky Way population. We find that three of our studied M31 dSphs appear as significant outliers in terms of their central velocity dispersion, And XIX, XXI and XXV, all of which have large half-light radii (>700 pc) and low velocity dispersions (sigma_v<5 km/s). In addition, And XXV has a mass-to-light ratio within its half-light radius of just [M/L]_{half}=10.3^{+7.0}_{-6.7}, making it consistent with a simple stellar system with no appreciable dark matter component within its 1 sigma uncertainties. We suggest that the structure of the dark matter halos of these outliers have been significantly altered by tides.

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