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星系在宇宙午时的快速旋转表明恒星、暗物质或大质量黑洞的集中分布

Fast rotations in galaxies at cosmic noon indicate central concentration of stars, dark matter or massive black holes

University of Groningen(格罗宁根大学)

Fernanda Roman-Oliveira, Francesca Rizzo, Filippo Fraternali

AI总结:

通过高分辨率观测研究星系旋转曲线,发现内缘旋转速度异常可能由恒星、暗物质或黑洞集中分布引起。

摘要:

常规旋转盘星系的旋转曲线是探测引力势和暗物质分布的独特探针。直到最近,对于z>0.5的旋转曲线物质分解仍具有挑战性,不仅由于缺乏高分辨率运动学数据,还由于缺乏合适的光度计以准确追踪恒星表面密度以及空间分辨的亚毫米观测以追踪冷气体分布。在本文中,我们分析了来自档案大型程序以推进运动学分析(ALPAKA)样本的三个星系,结合来自ALMA的高分辨率冷气体观测与来自JWST的静止框近红外成像,以研究其动态特性并约束其暗物质晕。这些星系最初基于ALMA观测被归类为常规旋转盘,但在JWST中表现为扩展且对称的恒星盘和旋臂。我们的动态模型能够很好地再现盘的外缘旋转,但它们系统性地低估了内缘旋转速度,揭示了相对于数据的中心质量不足。这种不一致表明要么由于恒星质量-光度比的变化或尘埃吸收导致的bulge质量低估,要么存在过量的大质量黑洞。或者,这可能表明偏离标准暗物质晕轮廓,包括增强的中心集中度。

英文摘要:

The rotation curves of regularly rotating disc galaxies are a unique probe of the gravitational potential and dark matter distribution. Until recently, matter decomposition of rotation curves at $z>0.5$ was challenging, not only due to the lack of high resolution kinematic data but also of both suitable photometry to accurately trace the stellar surface density and spatially-resolved sub-mm observations to trace the cold gas distribution. In this paper, we analyse three galaxies from the Archival Large Program to Advance Kinematic Analysis (ALPAKA) sample, combining highly resolved cold gas observations from ALMA with rest-frame near-infrared imaging from JWST to investigate their dynamical properties and constrain their dark matter halos. The galaxies, initially classified as regularly rotating discs based on ALMA observations alone, appear in JWST as extended and symmetric stellar discs with spiral arms. Our dynamical models reproduce the rotation of the discs in the outer parts well, but they systematically underpredict the inner rotation velocities, revealing a deficit of central mass relative to the data. This discrepancy indicates either an underestimation of the bulge masses due to variations in the stellar mass-to-light ratio or dust attenuation or the presence of overmassive black holes. Alternatively, it may suggest departures from standard dark-matter halo profiles, including enhanced central concentrations.

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