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剥离核星团对球状星团和超致密矮星系种群的贡献

Contribution of stripped nuclear clusters to globular cluster and ultra-compact dwarf galaxy populations

Joel Pfeffer, Brendan F. Griffen, Holger Baumgardt, Michael Hilker

摘要:

利用Millennium II宇宙学模拟结合Guo et al.(2011)的半解析星系形成模型,预测了有核矮星系潮汐剥离形成的星系核对球状星团(GC)和超致密矮星系(UCD)星系群的贡献。我们遵循星系团中星系的合并树,并确定分裂星系的绝对数量和恒星质量。我们假设,在任何时候都有一个分布在核星系的质量和成核分数的星系在今天的宇宙中观察到的。我们的研究结果表明,剥离核遵循质量函数$N(M) \sim M^{-1.5}$在质量范围$10^6 < M/M_\odot < 10^8$,显着平坦比发现的球状星团。因此,在高质量GC和UCD中,剥离核的贡献将是最重要的。对于银河系,我们预测有1到3个质量比$10^5 M_\odot$大的星团来自潮汐破裂的矮星系,形成的最大质量的星团具有几倍于$10^6 M_\odot$的典型质量,就像半人马座ω。对于一个质量为$7 \times 10^{13} M_\odot$的星系团,类似于天炉座,我们预测$\sim$ 19 UCD比$2\times10^6 M_\odot$和$\sim$ 9 UCD更大的质量比$10^7 M_\odot$在300 kpc的投影距离来自潮汐剥离矮星系。观察到的UCD数量分别为$\sim$ 200和23。我们的结论是,大多数星系团中的UCD可能只是GC质量函数的高质量端。

英文摘要:

We use the Millennium II cosmological simulation combined with the semi-analytic galaxy formation model of Guo et al. (2011) to predict the contribution of galactic nuclei formed by the tidal stripping of nucleated dwarf galaxies to globular cluster (GC) and ultra-compact dwarf galaxy (UCD) populations of galaxies. We follow the merger trees of galaxies in clusters back in time and determine the absolute number and stellar masses of disrupted galaxies. We assume that at all times nuclei have a distribution in nucleus-to-galaxy mass and nucleation fraction of galaxies similar to that observed in the present day universe. Our results show stripped nuclei follow a mass function $N(M) \sim M^{-1.5}$ in the mass range $10^6 < M/M_\odot < 10^8$, significantly flatter than found for globular clusters. The contribution of stripped nuclei will therefore be most important among high-mass GCs and UCDs. For the Milky Way we predict between 1 and 3 star clusters more massive than $10^5 M_\odot$ come from tidally disrupted dwarf galaxies, with the most massive cluster formed having a typical mass of a few times $10^6 M_\odot$, like omega Centauri. For a galaxy cluster with a mass $7 \times 10^{13} M_\odot$, similar to Fornax, we predict $\sim$19 UCDs more massive than $2\times10^6 M_\odot$ and $\sim$9 UCDs more massive than $10^7 M_\odot$ within a projected distance of 300 kpc come from tidally stripped dwarf galaxies. The observed number of UCDs are $\sim$200 and 23, respectively. We conclude that most UCDs in galaxy clusters are probably simply the high mass end of the GC mass function.

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