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The orbital structure and potential of NGC 1399 | | R.P. Saglia
; Andi Kronawitter
; Ortwin Gerhard
; Ralf Bender
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27 Sep 1999 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | Accurate and radially extended stellar kinematic data reaching R=97’’ from the center are presented for the cD galaxy of Fornax, NGC 1399. The stellar rotation is small (<= 30 km/s); the stellar velocity dispersion remains constant at 250-270 km/s. The deviations from Gaussian line of sight velocity distributions are small, at the percent level. We construct dynamical models of the galaxy, deprojecting its nearly round (E0-E1) surface brightness distribution, and determining the spherical distribution function that best fits (at the 4 percent level) the kinematic data on a grid of parametrized potentials. We find that the stellar orbital structure is moderately radial, with beta=0.3 +- 0.1 for R<=60’’, similar to results found for some normal giant ellipticals. The gravitational potential is dominated by the luminous component out to the last data point, with a mass-to-light ratio M/L_B=10 solar units, although the presence of a central black hole of M approx 5 x 10^8 solar masses is compatible with the data in the inner 5 arcsec. The influence of the dark component is marginally detected starting from R approx 60’’. Using the radial velocities of the globular clusters and planetary nebulae of the galaxy we constrain the potential more strongly, ruling out the self-consistent case and finding that the best fit solution agrees with X-ray determinations. The resulting total mass and mass-to-light ratio are M=1.2-2.5 x 10^12 solar masses and M/L_B=22-48 M solar units inside R=417’’ or 35 kpc for D=17.6 Mpc. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9909446 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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