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用深度成像探测大质量邻近星系的质量集合

Probing the mass assembly of massive nearby galaxies with deep imaging

Pierre-Alain Duc

摘要:

根据一个流行的方案支持的数值模型,质量组装和大规模星系的增长,特别是早期型星系(ETGs),是低于红移1,主要是由于吸积的多个气体-贫卫星。为了得到观测证据所发挥的作用,轻微的干合并,我们正在获得一个完整的体积有限的样本附近ETG极深的光学图像。作为\AD、NGVS和MATLAS项目的一部分,CFHT完成了这些观测,在g'波段达到了惊人的28.5)29等角秒-2的表面亮度极限。它们使我们能够探测到过去碰撞的遗迹,如微弱的恒星潮汐尾以及非常延伸的恒星晕,这些恒星晕保留了星系吸积的最后一幕。图像和初步结果,从这个正在进行的调查,特别是一个可能的相关性之间的精细结构指数(参数化的潮汐扰动量)的ETG,它们的恒星质量,有效半径和气体含量。

英文摘要:

According to a popular scenario supported by numerical models, the mass assembly and growth of massive galaxies, in particular the Early-Type Galaxies (ETGs), is, below a redshift of 1, mainly due to the accretion of multiple gas--poor satellites. In order to get observational evidence of the role played by minor dry mergers, we are obtaining extremely deep optical images of a complete volume limited sample of nearby ETGs. These observations, done with the CFHT as part of the \AD, NGVS and MATLAS projects, reach a stunning 28.5)29 mag.arcsec-2 surface brightness limit in the g' band. They allow us to detect the relics of past collisions such as faint stellar tidal tails as well as the very extended stellar halos which keep the memory of the last episodes of galactic accretion. Images and preliminary results from this on-going survey are presented, in particular a possible correlation between the fine structure index (which parametrizes the amount of tidal perturbation) of the ETGs, their stellar mass, effective radius and gas content.

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