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What to expect when using globular clusters as tracers of the total mass distribution in Milky Way-mass galaxies
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ( IF 4.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-21 , DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab196
Meghan E Hughes 1 , Prashin Jethwa 2 , Michael Hilker 3 , Glenn van de Ven 2 , Marie Martig 1 , Joel L Pfeffer 1 , Nate Bastian 1 , J M Diederik Kruijssen 4 , Sebastian Trujillo-Gomez 4 , Marta Reina-Campos 4 , Robert A Crain 1
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Dynamical models allow us to connect the motion of a set of tracers to the underlying gravitational potential, and thus to the total (luminous and dark) matter distribution. They are particularly useful for understanding the mass and spatial distribution of dark matter (DM) in a galaxy. Globular clusters (GCs) are an ideal tracer population in dynamical models, since they are bright and can be found far out into the halo of galaxies. We aim to test how well Jeans-Anisotropic-MGE (JAM) models using GCs (positions and line-of-sight velocities) as tracers can constrain the mass and radial distribution of DM haloes. For this, we use the E-MOSAICS suite of 25 zoom-in simulations of L* galaxies. We find that the DM halo properties are reasonably well recovered by the JAM models. There is, however, a strong correlation between how well we recover the mass and the radial distribution of the DM and the number of GCs in the galaxy: the constraints get exponentially worse with fewer GCs, and at least 150 GCs are needed in order to guarantee that the JAM model will perform well. We find that while the data quality (uncertainty on the radial velocities) can be important, the number of GCs is the dominant factor in terms of the accuracy and precision of the measurements. This work shows promising results for these models to be used in extragalactic systems with a sample of more than 150 GCs.

中文翻译:

当使用球状星团作为银河系质量星系总质量分布的示踪剂时会发生什么

动力学模型使我们能够将一组示踪剂的运动与潜在的引力势联系起来,从而与总(发光和暗)物质分布联系起来。它们对于了解星系中暗物质 (DM) 的质量和空间分布特别有用。球状星团 (GC) 是动力学模型中理想的示踪剂群体,因为它们很亮,可以在很远的星系晕中找到。我们的目标是测试使用 GC(位置和视线速度)作为示踪剂的 Jeans-Anisotropic-MGE (JAM) 模型在限制 DM 晕的质量和径向分布方面的效果。为此,我们使用了包含 25 个 L* 星系放大模拟的 E-MOSAICS 套件。我们发现 JAM 模型很好地恢复了 DM 晕属性。然而,有 我们恢复质量和 DM 的径向分布与银河系中 GC 的数量之间存在很强的相关性:随着 GC 的减少,约束会呈指数级恶化,并且至少需要 150 个 GC 才能保证 JAM 模型会表现良好。我们发现,虽然数据质量(径向速度的不确定性)可能很重要,但 GC 的数量是测量准确度和精密度的主要因素。这项工作显示了这些模型可用于具有超过 150 个 GC 样本的河外系统的有希望的结果。我们发现,虽然数据质量(径向速度的不确定性)可能很重要,但 GC 的数量是测量准确度和精密度的主要因素。这项工作显示了这些模型可用于具有超过 150 个 GC 样本的河外系统的有希望的结果。我们发现,虽然数据质量(径向速度的不确定性)可能很重要,但 GC 的数量是测量准确度和精密度的主要因素。这项工作显示了这些模型可用于具有超过 150 个 GC 样本的河外系统的有希望的结果。
更新日期:2021-01-21
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