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卫星星系的丰度在很大程度上取决于宿主星系的形态

The abundance of satellites depends strongly on the morphology of the host galaxy

Pablo Ruiz, Ignacio Trujillo, Esther Mármol-Queraltó

摘要:

利用Sloan Digital Survey Data Release 10的分光星表,我们探索了254个大质量(10^11< M_star < 2 x 10^11 M_sun)本星系(z < 0.025)周围卫星的丰度。我们将样品分为四个形态组(E,S 0,Sa,Sb/c)。我们发现,M_star > 10^9 M_sun和R < 300 kpc的卫星的数量与中央星系的形态密切相关。每个星系宿主的卫星平均数量(N_Sat/N_Host)下降到1:100的质量比,E宿主为4.5 +/- 0.3,S 0为2.6 +/- 0.2,Sa为1.5 +/- 0.1,Sb/c为1.2 +/- 0.2。大质量E型星系周围卫星星系所包含的恒星质量分别是S 0、Sa和Sb/c型卫星星系质量的2、4和5倍。如果这些卫星最终落入宿主星系,对于所有的形态类型,合并通道将主要由卫星-宿主星系质量比$μ$ > 0.1的卫星主导。大质量椭圆星系比大质量螺旋星系有更多的卫星星系,这一事实可以指出,椭圆星系比同等质量的星系拥有更重的暗物质晕。如果这一假设是正确的,晚型螺旋星系的暗物质晕在产生具有相同恒星质量的星系方面比早型星系的暗物质晕的效率高2-3倍。

英文摘要:

Using the spectroscopic catalogue of the Sloan Digital Survey Data Release 10, we have explored the abundance of satellites around a sample of 254 massive (10^11< M_star < 2 x 10^11 M_sun) local (z < 0.025) galaxies. We have divided our sample into four morphological groups (E, S0, Sa, Sb/c). We find that the number of satellites with M_star > 10^9 M_sun and R < 300 kpc depends drastically on the morphology of the central galaxy. The average number of satellites per galaxy host (N_Sat/N_Host) down to a mass ratio of 1:100 is 4.5 +/- 0.3 for E hosts, 2.6 +/- 0.2 for S0, 1.5 +/- 0.1 for Sa and 1.2 +/- 0.2 for Sb/c. The amount of stellar mass enclosed by the satellites around massive E-type galaxies is a factor of 2, 4 and 5 larger than the mass in the satellites of S0, Sa and Sb/c types, respectively. If these satellites would eventually infall into the host galaxies, for all the morphological types, the merger channel will be largely dominated by satellites with a mass ratio satellite-host $μ$ > 0.1. The fact that massive elliptical galaxies have a significant larger number of satellites than massive spirals could point out that elliptical galaxies inhabit heavier dark matter haloes than equally massive galaxies with later morphological types. If this hypothesis is correct, the dark matter haloes of late-type spiral galaxies are a factor ~2-3 more efficient on producing galaxies with the same stellar mass than those dark matter haloes of early-type galaxies.

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