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化石群起源V.光度函数对星等间隔的依赖

Fossil group origins V. The dependence of the luminosity function on the magnitude gap

S. Zarattini, J. A. L Aguerri, R. Sanchez-Janssen, R. Barrena, W. Boschin, C. del Burgo, N. Castro-Rodriguez, E. M. Corsini, E. D'Onghia, M. Girardi, J. Iglesia… 展开作者

S. Zarattini, J. A. L Aguerri, R. Sanchez-Janssen, R. Barrena, W. Boschin, C. del Burgo, N. Castro-Rodriguez, E. M. Corsini, E. D'Onghia, M. Girardi, J. Iglesias-Paramo, A. Kundert, J. Mendez-Abreu, J. M. Vilchez

摘要:

在自然界中,我们观察到的星系聚集体跨越了一个系统($Δm_{12}$)的两个第一等级星系之间的大范围的星等差距。存在差距接近于零的系统(例如,在分布的另一个极端,在所谓的化石系统中发现了最大的差距。化石和非化石系统可能有不同的星系群,这应该反映在它们的光度函数中。在这项工作中,我们研究,第一次,光度函数参数的依赖性$Δm_{12}$使用化石群起源(FOGO)项目获得的数据。我们在$z \le 0.25$为102个星系团和星系团构造了一个混合光度函数。我们堆叠所有的个人光度函数,将它们划分为$Δm_{12}$的箱,并研究了它们的最佳拟合Schechter参数。我们还计算了一个相对光度函数,表示为中央星系光度的函数,这提高了我们检测差异的能力,特别是在明亮的一端。我们发现在光度函数的亮端和暗端,趋势都是$Δm_{12}$的函数。特别是在亮端,星等差距越大,特征星等$M^\ast$就越暗。我们还发现在微弱的一端的差异。在该区域中,间隙越大,弱端斜率$α$越平坦。在亮端发现的差异支持了一个无耗散的,动力学摩擦驱动的合并模型,用于中心星系在群和星团大小的晕中的生长。微弱端的差异不能用这种机制来解释。其他过程,如由于早期下沉和/或偏心轨道的普遍存在而导致的潮汐破坏加剧,可能也起了作用。然而,需要更大的具有$Δm_{12} > 1.5$的系统样本来确定微弱端的差异。

英文摘要:

In nature we observe galaxy aggregations that span a wide range of magnitude gaps between the two first-ranked galaxies of a system ($Δm_{12}$). There are systems with gaps close to zero (e.g., the Coma cluster), and at the other extreme of the distribution, the largest gaps are found among the so-called fossil systems. Fossil and non-fossil systems could have different galaxy populations that should be reflected in their luminosity functions. In this work we study, for the first time, the dependence of the luminosity function parameters on $Δm_{12}$ using data obtained by the fossil group origins (FOGO) project. We constructed a hybrid luminosity function for 102 groups and clusters at $z \le 0.25$. We stacked all the individual luminosity functions, dividing them into bins of $Δm_{12}$, and studied their best-fit Schechter parameters. We additionally computed a relative luminosity function, expressed as a function of the central galaxy luminosity, which boosts our capacity to detect differences, especially at the bright end. We find trends as a function of $Δm_{12}$ at both the bright and faint ends of the luminosity function. In particular, at the bright end, the larger the magnitude gap, the fainter the characteristic magnitude $M^\ast$. We also find differences at the faint end. In this region, the larger the gap, the flatter the faint-end slope $α$. The differences found at the bright end support a dissipationless, dynamical friction-driven merging model for the growth of the central galaxy in group- and cluster-sized halos. The differences in the faint end cannot be explained by this mechanism. Other processes, such as enhanced tidal disruption due to early infall and/or prevalence of eccentric orbits, may play a role. However, a larger sample of systems with $Δm_{12} > 1.5$ is needed to establish the differences at the faint end.

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