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The dynamics of S0 galaxies and their Tully-Fisher relation | | Anne Mathieu
; Michael Merrifield
; Konrad Kuijken
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4 Dec 2001 | | Journal: | Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 330 (2002) 251 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | University of Nottingham, Kapteyn Institute Groningen | | Abstract: | This paper investigates the detailed dynamical properties of a relatively homogeneous sample of disc-dominated S0 galaxies, with a view to understanding their formation, evolution and structure. By using high signal-to-noise ratio long-slit spectra of edge-on systems, we have been able to reconstruct the complete line-of-sight velocity distributions of stars along the galaxies’ major axes. From these data, we have derived both model distribution functions (the phase density of their stars) and the approximate form of their gravitational potentials. The derived distribution functions are all consistent with these galaxies being simple disc systems, with no evidence for a complex formation history. Essentially no correlation is found between the characteristic mass scale-lengths and the photometric scale-lengths in these galaxies, suggesting that they are dark-matter dominated even in their inner parts. Similarly, no correlation is found between the mass scale-lengths and asymptotic rotation speed, implying a wide range of dark matter halo properties. By comparing their asymptotic rotation speeds with their absolute magnitudes, we find that these S0 galaxies are systematically offset from the Tully-Fisher relation for later-type galaxies. The offset in luminosity is what one would expect if star formation had been suddenly switched off a few Gyrs ago, consistent with a simple picture in which these S0s were created from ordinary later-type spirals which were stripped of their star-forming ISM when they encountered a dense cluster environment. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0112082 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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