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25 April 2024

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The SAMI Pilot Survey: The Fundamental and Mass Planes in Three Low-Redshift Clusters
Nicholas Scott ; L. M. R. Fogarty ; Matt S. Owers ; Scott M. Croom ; Matthew Colless ; Roger L. Davies ; S. Brough ; Michael B. Pracy ; Joss Bland-Hawthorn ; D. Heath Jones ; J. T. Allen ; Julia J. Bryant ; Luca Cortese ; Michael Goodwin ; Andrew W. Green ; Iraklis S. Konstantopoulos ; J.S. Lawrence ; Samuel Richards ; Rob Sharp ;
Date:	17 May 2015
Abstract:	Using new integral field observations of 106 galaxies in three nearby clusters we investigate how the intrinsic scatter of the Fundamental Plane depends on the way in which the velocity dispersion and effective radius are measured. Our spatially resolved spectroscopy, combined with a cluster sample with negligible relative distance errors allows us to derive a Fundamental Plane with minimal systematic uncertainties. From the apertures we tested, we find that velocity dispersions measured within a circular aperture with radius equal to one effective radius minimises the intrinsic scatter of the Fundamental Plane. Using simple yet powerful Jeans dynamical models we determine dynamical masses for our galaxies. Replacing luminosity in the Fundamental Plane with dynamical mass, we demonstrate that the resulting Mass Plane has further reduced scatter, consistent with zero intrinsic scatter. Using these dynamical models we also find evidence for a possibly non-linear relationship between dynamical mass-to-light ratio and velocity dispersion.
Source:	arXiv, 1505.4354
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