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盘晕简并的解决I:对NGC 628的观察

Resolving the Disc-Halo Degeneracy I: A Look at NGC 628

S. Aniyan, K. C. Freeman, M. Arnaboldi, O. E. Gerhard, L. Coccato, M. Fabricius, K. Kuijken, M. Merrifield, A. A. Ponomareva

摘要:

将星系的自转曲线分解为盘和暗晕的贡献仍然是不确定的,并且取决于盘的质光比(M/L)。已知恒星的垂直速度色散和星盘高度,可以估算星盘表面的质量密度和M/L。我们解决了一个概念上的问题与以前的测量规模的高度和分散。当使用这种方法时,色散和刻度高度必须参考相同的恒星种群。尺度的高度是从近红外研究的边缘上的星系,并对老年人的运动学热的恒星加权,而从集成光的光学波段中获得的色散包括所有年龄的恒星。我们的目标是提取较热恒星的色散,这样它就可以与正确的标度高度一起使用,以获得圆盘表面的质量密度。我们使用行星状星云(PNe)的样本作为动力学示踪剂在面对星系NGC 628。我们从它的速度直方图中提取了两个不同的分散体-代表老年人和年轻人的PNE。我们还提出了互补的恒星吸收光谱在这个星系的内部区域,并使用直接像素拟合技术来提取这两个组成部分。我们的分析得出结论,以前的研究,不考虑年轻的光盘,低估光盘表面质量密度的一个因素~ 2。这足以使NGC 628的最大圆盘看起来像次大圆盘。

英文摘要:

The decomposition of the rotation curve of galaxies into contribution from the disc and dark halo remains uncertain and depends on the adopted mass to light ratio (M/L) of the disc. Given the vertical velocity dispersion of stars and disc scale height, the disc surface mass density and hence the M/L can be estimated. We address a conceptual problem with previous measurements of the scale height and dispersion. When using this method, the dispersion and scale height must refer to the same population of stars. The scale height is obtained from near-IR studies of edge-on galaxies and is weighted towards older kinematically hotter stars, whereas the dispersion obtained from integrated light in the optical bands includes stars of all ages. We aim to extract the dispersion for the hotter stars, so that it can then be used with the correct scale height to obtain the disc surface mass density. We use a sample of planetary nebulae (PNe) as dynamical tracers in the face-on galaxy NGC 628. We extract two different dispersions from its velocity histogram -- representing the older and younger PNe. We also present complementary stellar absorption spectra in the inner regions of this galaxy and use a direct pixel fitting technique to extract the two components. Our analysis concludes that previous studies, which do not take account of the young disc, underestimate the disc surface mass density by a factor of ~ 2. This is sufficient to make a maximal disc for NGC 628 appear like a submaximal disc.

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