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边缘星系中X形结构的测量

Measuring the X-shaped structures in edge-on galaxies

S. S. Savchenko, N. Ya. Sotnikova, A. V. Mosenkov, V. P. Reshetnikov, D. V. Bizyaev

摘要:

我们提出了一个详细的光度研究的一个样本的22个边缘上的星系清晰可见的X形结构。我们提出了一种新的方法来获得这些功能的几何参数,随着他们的主机星系的参数的基础上的银河系图像的多分量光度分解。为了将X形结构包含到我们的光度模型中,我们使用IMFIT包,其中我们实现了一个描述X形结构的新组件。这种方法适用于可用的SDSS和斯皮策IRAC 3.6 $μ$ m观测星系的样本。为了解释我们的结果,我们进行了现实的$N$体模拟银河系型星系和比较观察到的和模型的X形结构。我们的主要结论是:(1)具有强X形结构的星系与场星系处于大致相同的局域环境中;(2)X形结构的特征尺寸约为棒形尺寸的2/3;(3)X形结构的尺寸与其观测到的平坦度之间存在相关性:较大的结构更平坦;(4)我们的$N$体模拟定性地证实了观测结果,并支持了X形结构形成的棒驱动假设。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed photometric study of a sample of 22 edge-on galaxies with clearly visible X-shaped structures. We propose a novel method to derive geometrical parameters of these features, along with the parameters of their host galaxies based on the multi-component photometric decomposition of galactic images. To include the X-shaped structure into our photometric model, we use the IMFIT package, in which we implement a new component describing the X-shaped structure. This method is applied for a sample of galaxies with available SDSS and Spitzer IRAC 3.6 $μ$m observations. In order to explain our results, we perform realistic $N$-body simulations of a Milky Way-type galaxy and compare the observed and the model X-shaped structures. Our main conclusions are as follows: (1) galaxies with strong X-shaped structures reside in approximately the same local environments as field galaxies; (2) the characteristic size of the X-shaped structures is about 2/3 of the bar size; (3) there is a correlation between the X-shaped structure size and its observed flatness: the larger structures are more flattened; (4) our $N$-body simulations qualitatively confirm the observational results and support the bar-driven scenario for the X-shaped structure formation.

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