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从四个有效半径追踪矮星系的内禀引力:低质量恒星晕形成的线索

Tracing the Intrinsic Shapes of Dwarf Galaxies out to Four Effective Radii: Clues to Low-Mass Stellar Halo Formation

Erin Kado-Fong, Jenny E. Greene, Song Huang, Rachael Beaton, Andy D. Goulding, Yutaka Komiyama

摘要:

虽然在附近的矮星系周围长期观察到平滑、延伸的球状恒星外围,但尚不清楚矮星系是否普遍拥有延伸的恒星晕。我们使用Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru战略计划(HSC-SSP)的图像来测量矮星系的形状,以0.005<z<0.2和10^7<M_star/M_sun<10^9.6的矮星系为样本,测量了四个有效半径。我们发现矮星是轻微三轴的,a <B/A> >~ 0.75(其中椭球的特征是由C<=B<=A约束的三个主半轴)。当M_star>10^8.5 M_sun时,星系从中心附近的厚盘状向四个有效半径处的球状极端生长。我们还看到,虽然蓝矮星的平均特征是比红矮星的圆盘更薄,但蓝矮星和红矮星都是半径的函数。这种关系也适用于场矮星和伴矮星之间的比较。这种一致的趋势相对球状的形状作为半径的函数是一致的,在现场形成机制的恒星周围的低质量星系的郊区,在协议与建议的模型,恒星形成反馈产生圆恒星周围的矮星郊区。

英文摘要:

Though smooth, extended spheroidal stellar outskirts have long been observed around nearby dwarf galaxies, it is unclear whether dwarfs generically host an extended stellar halo. We use imaging from the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program (HSC-SSP) to measure the shapes of dwarf galaxies out to four effective radii for a sample of dwarfs at 0.005<z<0.2 and 10^7<M_star/M_sun<10^9.6. We find that dwarfs are slightly triaxial, with a <B/A> >~ 0.75 (where the ellipsoid is characterized by three principle semi-axes constrained by C<=B<=A). At M_star>10^8.5 M_sun, the galaxies grow from thick disk-like near their centers towards the spheroidal extreme at four effective radii. We also see that although blue dwarfs are, on average, characterized by thinner discs than red dwarfs, both blue and red dwarfs grow more spheroidal as a function of radius. This relation also holds true for a comparison between field and satellite dwarfs. This uniform trend towards relatively spheroidal shapes as a function of radius is consistent with an in-situ formation mechanism for stellar outskirts around low-mass galaxies, in agreement with proposed models where star formation feedback produces round stellar outskirts around dwarfs.

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