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arXiv 2010.03041astro-ph.GA
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奇特大质量星系M85中神秘的球状星团系统

Mysterious Globular Cluster System of the Peculiar Massive Galaxy M85

Youkyung Ko, Myung Gyoon Lee, Hong Soo Park, Jubee Sohn, Sungsoon Lim, Narae Hwang, Byeong-Gon Park

摘要:

研究了奇特星系M85中球状星团的恒星星族和运动学。利用MMT/Hectospec获得了89个GC在8 kpc $< R <$ 160 kpc的光谱。我们将它们分为三组,蓝/绿/红GC(B/G/RGC),以及它们的$(g-i)_0$颜色。所有GC亚群的平均年龄为10 Gyr,但表现出金属丰度的差异。BGC和RGC分别是最贫金属的([Z/H] $\sim -1.49$)和最富金属的([Z/H] $\sim -0.45$),而GGC介于两者之间。我们发现,内部GC系统表现出强烈的整体旋转,这完全是由于一个类似圆盘旋转的RGC系统。BGC系统几乎没有旋转。GGC的运动学性质在GC亚群中明显不同,具有比BGC和RGC更高的平均速度,并且沿着M85的长轴排列。这意味着GGC具有不同于其他GC亚群的起源。RGC系统的旋转校正速度色散远低于BGC系统,表明M85的红晕被截断。BGC有一个平坦的速度色散曲线,直到$R$ = 67 kpc,反映了M85的暗物质范围。利用BGC系统的速度色散,我们估计M85的动力学质量为$3.8 \times 10^{12} M_{\odot}$。我们推断M85最近经历了合并事件,导致GC系统的特殊运动学。

英文摘要:

We present a study on stellar population and kinematics of globular clusters (GCs) in the peculiar galaxy M85. We obtain optical spectra of 89 GCs at 8 kpc $< R <$ 160 kpc using the MMT/Hectospec. We divide them into three groups, blue/green/red GCs (B/G/RGCs), with their $(g-i)_0$ colors. All GC subpopulations have mean ages of 10 Gyr, but showing differences in metallicities. The BGCs and RGCs are the most metal-poor ([Z/H] $\sim -1.49$) and metal-rich ([Z/H] $\sim -0.45$), respectively, and the GGCs are in between. We find that the inner GC system exhibits a strong overall rotation that is entirely due to a disk-like rotation of the RGC system. The BGC system shows little rotation. The GGCs show kinematic properties clearly distinct among the GC subpopulations, having higher mean velocities than the BGCs and RGCs and being aligned along the major axis of M85. This implies that the GGCs have an origin different from the other GC subpopulations. The rotation-corrected velocity dispersion of the RGC system is much lower than that of the BGC system, indicating the truncation of the red halo of M85. The BGCs have a flat velocity dispersion profile out to $R$ = 67 kpc, reflecting the dark matter extent of M85. Using the velocity dispersion of the BGC system, we estimate the dynamical mass of M85 to be $3.8 \times 10^{12} M_{\odot}$. We infer that M85 has undergone merging events lately, resulting in the peculiar kinematics of the GC system.

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