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Modeling mass independent of anisotropy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2011

Joe Wolf
Joe Wolf*
Affiliation:
Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, CA [email protected]
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Abstract

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By manipulating the spherical Jeans equation, Wolf et al. (2010) show that the mass enclosed within the 3D deprojected half-light radius r1/2 can be determined with only mild assumptions about the spatial variation of the stellar velocity dispersion anisotropy as long as the projected velocity dispersion profile is fairly flat near the half-light radius, as is typically observed. They find M1/2 = 3 G−1 〈σ2los〉 r1/2 ≃ 4 G−1 〈σ2los〉 Re, where 〈σ2los〉 is the luminosity-weighted square of the line-of-sight velocity dispersion and Re is the 2D projected half-light radius. This finding can be used to show that all of the Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies (MW dSphs) are consistent with having formed within a halo of mass approximately 3 × 109 M⊙, assuming a ΛCDM cosmology. In addition, the dynamical I-band mass-to-light ratio ϒI1/2 vs. M1/2 relation for dispersion-supported galaxies follows a U-shape, with a broad minimum near ϒI1/2 ≃ 3 that spans dwarf elliptical galaxies to normal ellipticals, a steep rise to ϒI1/2 ≃ 3,200 for ultra-faint dSphs, and a more shallow rise to ϒI1/2 ≃ 800 for galaxy cluster spheroids.

Keywords

galaxies: formationkinematics and dynamicsLocal Group
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S271: Astrophysical Dynamics: From Stars to Galaxies , June 2010 , pp. 110 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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