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超弥散星系Dragonfly 44的高恒星速度色散和~100个球状星团

A High Stellar Velocity Dispersion and ~100 Globular Clusters for the Ultra Diffuse Galaxy Dragonfly 44

Pieter van Dokkum, Roberto Abraham, Jean Brodie, Charlie Conroy, Shany Danieli, Allison Merritt, Lamiya Mowla, Aaron Romanowsky, Jielai Zhang

摘要:

最近在后发座星系团中发现了一群巨大的、表面亮度非常低的球状星系。这些超弥散星系团(UDG)在富星系团中的明显存活表明它们具有非常高的质量。在这里,我们提出了恒星运动学的蜻蜓44,最大的后发座UDG之一,使用33.5小时的集成与DEIMOS的凯克II望远镜。我们发现速度色散为47 km/s,这意味着在其去投影的半光半径r_1/2=4.6 kpc内,动力学质量为M_dyn=0.7x10^10 M_sun。质光比为M/L=48 M_sun/L_sun,半光半径内的暗物质比例为98%。蜻蜓44的高质量伴随着大量的球状星团。从0.4”时拍摄的双子座深空影像中,我们推断蜻蜓44有94个球状星团,与这个质量范围内的其他星系类似。我们的研究结果补充了其他最近的证据,即许多UDG是“失败”的星系,其大小,暗物质含量和球状星团系统的亮度要高得多。我们估计的总暗晕质量的蜻蜓44通过比较的暗物质的量在r=4.6千秒差距内封闭的质量配置文件的NFW晕。封闭的质量表明总质量约为10^12 M_太阳,与银河系的质量相似。具有这种质量的近暗天体的存在是出乎意料的,因为星系形成被认为在这种情况下效率最高。

英文摘要:

Recently a population of large, very low surface brightness, spheroidal galaxies was identified in the Coma cluster. The apparent survival of these Ultra Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) in a rich cluster suggests that they have very high masses. Here we present the stellar kinematics of Dragonfly 44, one of the largest Coma UDGs, using a 33.5 hr integration with DEIMOS on the Keck II telescope. We find a velocity dispersion of 47 km/s, which implies a dynamical mass of M_dyn=0.7x10^10 M_sun within its deprojected half-light radius of r_1/2=4.6 kpc. The mass-to-light ratio is M/L=48 M_sun/L_sun, and the dark matter fraction is 98 percent within the half-light radius. The high mass of Dragonfly 44 is accompanied by a large globular cluster population. From deep Gemini imaging taken in 0.4" seeing we infer that Dragonfly 44 has 94 globular clusters, similar to the counts for other galaxies in this mass range. Our results add to other recent evidence that many UDGs are "failed" galaxies, with the sizes, dark matter content, and globular cluster systems of much more luminous objects. We estimate the total dark halo mass of Dragonfly 44 by comparing the amount of dark matter within r=4.6 kpc to enclosed mass profiles of NFW halos. The enclosed mass suggests a total mass of ~10^12 M_sun, similar to the mass of the Milky Way. The existence of nearly-dark objects with this mass is unexpected, as galaxy formation is thought to be maximally-efficient in this regime.

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