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M87晕中球状星团和超致密矮星的Keck宇宙网成像仪(KCWI)谱

Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) Spectra of Globular Clusters and Ultra Compact Dwarfs in the Halo of M87

Duncan A. Forbes, Anna Ferré-Mateu, Mark Durré, Jean P. Brodie, Aaron J. Romanowsky

摘要:

利用Keck宇宙网成像仪,我们获得了几个球状星团(GC)、超致密矮星(UCD)和M87的内晕星光的光谱,它们的投影半径都是$\sim$ 5 kpc。这使我们能够第一次将相同的恒星星族分析应用于GC、UCD和星光,从而得出M87的年龄、金属丰度和α元素丰度。我们在M87晕光中发现了双恒星星族的证据,即质量为$\sim$ 80%的古老而富金属组分和质量为$\sim$ 20%的古老而贫金属组分。两个红色GC与晕光有着相似的恒星星族,这表明它们可能是与主要的晕成分同时形成的。三个UCD和一个蓝色GC具有相似的恒星星族,平均年龄更年轻,金属丰度更低,α元素丰度接近太阳。结合文献数据,我们的研究结果与UCD是剥离星系的残余核的假设是一致的。我们进一步研究了文献中M87的运动学在大半径的差异,有利于下降的速度色散曲线。这项工作凸显了对星系晕进行更多自洽研究的必要性。

英文摘要:

Using the Keck Cosmic Web Imager we obtain spectra of several globular clusters (GCs), ultra compact dwarfs (UCDs) and the inner halo starlight of M87, at a similar projected galactocentric radius of $\sim$5 kpc. This enables us, for the first time, to apply the same stellar population analysis to the GCs, UCDs and starlight consistently to derive ages, metallicities and alpha-element abundances in M87. We find evidence for a dual stellar population in the M87 halo light, i.e an $\sim$80\% component by mass which is old and metal-rich and a $\sim$20\% component which is old but metal-poor. Two red GCs share similar stellar populations to the halo light suggesting they may have formed contemporaneously with the dominant halo component. Three UCDs, and one blue GC, have similar stellar populations, with younger mean ages, lower metallicities and near solar alpha-element abundances. Combined with literature data, our findings are consistent with the scenario that UCDs are the remnant nucleus of a stripped galaxy. We further investigate the discrepancy in the literature for M87's kinematics at large radii, favouring a declining velocity dispersion profile. This work has highlighted the need for more self-consistent studies of galaxy halos.

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