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The SAMI–Fornax Dwarfs Survey I: sample, observations, and the specific stellar angular momentum of dwarf elliptical galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ( IF 4.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-07-13 , DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2042
Nicholas Scott 1, 2 , F Sara Eftekhari 3 , Reynier F Peletier 3 , Julia J Bryant 1, 2 , Joss Bland-Hawthorn 1, 2 , Massimo Capaccioli 4 , Scott M Croom 1, 2 , Michael Drinkwater 5 , Jésus Falcón-Barroso 6, 7 , Michael Hilker 8 , Enrichetta Iodice 9 , Nuria F P Lorente 10 , Steffen Mieske 11 , Marilena Spavone 9 , Glenn van de Ven 12 , Aku Venhola 13
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Dwarf ellipticals are the most common galaxy type in cluster environments; however, the challenges associated with their observation mean that their formation mechanisms are still poorly understood. To address this, we present deep integral field observations of a sample of 31 low-mass (10(7.5) < M-* < 10(9.5) M-circle dot) early-type galaxies in the Fornax cluster with the SAMI instrument. For 21 galaxies, our observations are sufficiently deep to construct spatially resolved maps of the stellar velocity and velocity dispersion - for the remaining galaxies, we extract global velocities and dispersions from aperture spectra only. From the kinematic maps, we measure the specific stellar angular momentum lambda(R) of the lowest mass dE galaxies to date. Combining our observations with early-type galaxy data from the literature spanning a large range in stellar mass, we find that lambda(R) decreases towards lower stellar mass, with a corresponding increase in the proportion of slowly rotating galaxies in this regime. The decrease of lambda(R) with mass in our sample dE galaxies is consistent with a similar trend seen in somewhat more massive spiral galaxies from the CALIFA survey. This suggests that the degree of dynamical heating required to produce dEs from low-mass starforming progenitors may be relatively modest and consistent with a broad range of formation mechanisms.

中文翻译:

SAMI–Fornax Dwarfs Survey I:样本、观测和矮椭圆星系的特定恒星角动量

矮椭圆星系是星团环境中最常见的星系类型;然而,与他们的观察相关的挑战意味着他们的形成机制仍然知之甚少。为了解决这个问题,我们使用 SAMI 仪器对 Fornax 星团中 31 个低质量 (10(7.5) < M-* < 10(9.5) M-circle dot) 早型星系样本进行了深度积分实地观测。对于 21 个星系,我们的观测深度足以构建恒星速度和速度色散的空间分辨图 - 对于其余星系,我们仅从孔径光谱中提取全局速度和色散。从运动学图中,我们测量了迄今为止质量最低的 dE 星系的特定恒星角动量 lambda(R)。将我们的观察与来自文献中涵盖大范围恒星质量的早型星系数据相结合,我们发现 lambda(R) 向着较低恒星质量的方向减小,在该区域中缓慢旋转的星系的比例相应增加。在我们的样本 dE 星系中 lambda(R) 随着质量的减少与在 CALIFA 调查中质量稍大的螺旋星系中看到的类似趋势一致。这表明从低质量的恒星形成祖细胞中产生 dE 所需的动态加热程度可能相对适中,并且与广泛的形成机制一致。在我们的样本 dE 星系中 lambda(R) 随着质量的减少与在 CALIFA 调查中质量稍大的螺旋星系中看到的类似趋势一致。这表明从低质量的恒星形成祖细胞中产生 dE 所需的动态加热程度可能相对适中,并且与广泛的形成机制一致。在我们的样本 dE 星系中 lambda(R) 随着质量的减少与在 CALIFA 调查中质量稍大的螺旋星系中看到的类似趋势一致。这表明从低质量的恒星形成祖细胞中产生 dE 所需的动态加热程度可能相对适中,并且与广泛的形成机制一致。
更新日期:2020-07-13
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