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暗物质晕椭圆度的稳健度量

A Robust Measure of Dark Matter Halo Ellipticities

Jarah Evslin

摘要:

在标准宇宙学模型(LCDM)的模拟中,暗物质晕是非球面的。然而,到目前为止,单个星系晕的非球面性还没有得到有力的证实。我们使用Jeans方程来定义一个量,它有力地表征了旋转对称性的偏差。这个量本质上是重力力矩,它大致提供了沿视线投影的椭圆率。我们表明,三十米望远镜(TMT),与盖亚空间望远镜的观测相结合的一个单一的时代,可以区分LCDM值的扭矩从零为每个雕塑家一样的矮星系之间的置信度0和5西格玛,取决于每个晕的方向。通过两个时期的观测,TMT将实现对大多数此类星系的扭矩和非球面性的5西格玛发现,因此将为LCDM模型提供新的强大测试。

英文摘要:

In simulations of the standard cosmological model (LCDM), dark matter halos are aspherical. However, so far the asphericity of an individual galaxy's halo has never been robustly established. We use the Jeans equations to define a quantity which robustly characterizes a deviation from rotational symmetry. This quantity is essentially the gravitational torque and it roughly provides the ellipticity projected along the line of sight. We show that the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), with a single epoch of observations combined with those of the Gaia space telescope, can distinguish the LCDM value of the torque from zero for each Sculptor-like dwarf galaxy with a confidence between 0 and 5 sigma, depending on the orientation of each halo. With two epochs of observations, TMT will achieve a 5 sigma discovery of torque and so asphericity for most such galaxies, and so will provide a new and powerful test of the LCDM model.

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