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早型星系中心质量密度斜率的系统变化

Systematic variation of central mass density slope in early-type galaxies

C. Tortora, F. La Barbera, N. R. Napolitano, A. J. Romanowsky, I. Ferreras, R. R. de Carvalho

摘要:

利用SPIDER巡天数据研究了早型星系(ETG)中心区域($<\, 1$有效半径,$R_{\rm e}$)的总密度分布。我们每个星系的模型有两个组件(暗物质晕+恒星),探索不同的假设暗物质(DM)晕配置文件,并留下恒星的质量与光($M_{\rm \star}/L$)的比率作为自由拟合参数的数据。对于Navarro等人(1996年)的曲线,总质量曲线的斜率是不通用的。对于质量最大和最大的ETG,在中心区域($\sim R_{\rm e}/2$)的轮廓是等温的,而对于质量小和最小的系统,轮廓比等温的更陡,斜率与恒定M/L轮廓的斜率相似。当浓度-质量关系比模拟所预期的更陡时,密度斜率与质量的相关性趋于平缓。我们的研究结果清楚地指出了一个“非同源性”的总质量分布的ETGs,星系形成的模拟表明,可能与不同的作用耗散星系质量。

英文摘要:

We study the total density distribution in the central regions ($<\, 1$ effective radius, $R_{\rm e}$) of early-type galaxies (ETGs), using data from the SPIDER survey. We model each galaxy with two components (dark matter halo + stars), exploring different assumptions for the dark matter (DM) halo profile, and leaving stellar mass-to-light ($M_{\rm \star}/L$) ratios as free fitting parameters to the data. For a Navarro et al. (1996) profile, the slope of the total mass profile is non-universal. For the most massive and largest ETGs, the profile is isothermal in the central regions ($\sim R_{\rm e}/2$), while for the low-mass and smallest systems, the profile is steeper than isothermal, with slopes similar to those for a constant-M/L profile. For a concentration-mass relation steeper than that expected from simulations, the correlation of density slope with mass tends to flatten. Our results clearly point to a "non-homology" in the total mass distribution of ETGs, which simulations of galaxy formation suggest may be related to a varying role of dissipation with galaxy mass.

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