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SLUGGS巡天:利用宽视场成像研究三个早型星系的球状星团系统

The SLUGGS Survey: The globular cluster systems of three early-type galaxies using wide-field imaging

Sreeja S. Kartha, Duncan A. Forbes, Lee R. Spitler, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Jacob A. Arnold, Jean P. Brodie

摘要:

本文介绍了三个早型星系中球状星团系统的宽视场成像研究结果。利用Subaru/Suprime-Cam、CFHT/MegaCam和HST/WFPC 2/ACS的组合数据,对三个高度扁平星系NGC 720、NGC 1023和NGC 2768的GC系统性质进行了研究。这项工作是首次对NGC 720和NGC 2768中的GC系统进行了非常大的银河系中心半径($\sim$ 100 kpc)的研究。这三个星系都有清晰的蓝色和红色GC亚群。GC系统的径向面密度与Sersic轮廓拟合,并分别检测到15,8和10个星系的有效半径。确定每个GC系统的GC总数和特定频率。红色子群的椭圆率比蓝色子群更符合宿主星系的性质,支持传统观点,即富金属GC与其宿主星系的大部分场星密切相关,而贫金属GC则反映出明显的恒星晕。通过对另外37个已有研究的星系的分析,给出了GC系统范围与宿主星系有效半径的新关系。我们发现一个依赖的相对比例的蓝色到红色的GC与宿主星系的环境密度透镜星系(但不是椭圆或螺旋星系)。我们认为,星系团环境中星系之间的潮汐相互作用可能是透镜状星系观察到的趋势背后的原因。

英文摘要:

We present the results from a wide-field imaging study of globular cluster (GC) systems in three early-type galaxies. Combinations of Subaru/Suprime-Cam, CFHT/MegaCam and HST/WFPC2/ACS data were used to determine the GC system properties of three highly flattened galaxies NGC 720, NGC 1023 and NGC 2768. This work is the first investigation of the GC system in NGC 720 and NGC 2768 to very large galactocentric radius ($\sim$ 100 kpc). The three galaxies have clear blue and red GC subpopulations. The radial surface densities of the GC systems are fitted with Sersic profiles, and detected out to 15, 8 and 10 galaxy effective radii respectively. The total number of GCs and specific frequency are determined for each GC system. The ellipticity of the red subpopulation is in better agreement with the host galaxy properties than is the blue subpopulation, supporting the traditional view that metal-rich GCs are closely associated with the bulk of their host galaxies' field stars, while metal-poor GCs reflect a distinct stellar halo. With the addition of another 37 literature studied galaxies, we present a new correlation of GC system extent with host galaxy effective radius. We find a dependence of the relative fraction of blue to red GCs with host galaxy environmental density for lenticular galaxies (but not for elliptical or spiral galaxies). We propose that tidal interactions between galaxies in cluster environments might be the reason behind the observed trend for lenticular galaxies.

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