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1999MNRAS.306..607J - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 306, 607-636 (1999/July-1)
E and SO galaxies in the central part of the Coma cluster: ages, metal abundances and dark matter.
JORGENSEN I.
Abstract (from CDS):
By comparing the mean ages derived from the Mg2-HβG diagram with those derived from the Mg2-M/L diagram, we estimate the variations of the fraction of dark matter. Alternatively, the difference between the two estimates of the mean age may be caused by variations in the initial mass function or any non-homology of the galaxies.
The distributions of the derived mean ages and abundances show that there are real variations in both the mean ages and the abundances. We find an intrinsic rms scatter of [Mg/H], [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] of 0.2 dex, and an intrinsic rms scatter of the derived ages of 0.17 dex. The magnesium abundances [Mg/H] and the abundance ratios [Mg/Fe] are both strongly correlated with the central velocity dispersions of the galaxies, while the iron abundances [Fe/H] are uncorrelated with the velocity dispersions. Further, [Mg/H] and [Fe/H] are strongly anticorrelated with the mean ages of the galaxies. This is not the case for [Mg/Fe].
We have tested whether the slopes of the scaling relations between the global parameters for the galaxies (the Mg2-σ relation, the <Fe>-σ relation, the HβG-σ relation and the Fundamental Plane) are consistent with the relation between the ages, the abundances and the velocity dispersions. We find that all the slopes, except the slope of the Fundamental Plane, can be explained in a consistent way as resulting from a combination between variations of the mean ages and the mean abundances as functions of the velocity dispersions. The slope of the Fundamental Plane is `steeper' than predicted from the variations in the ages and abundances.
Because of the correlation between the mean ages and the mean abundances, substantial variations in the ages and the abundances are possible while maintaining a low scatter of all the scaling relations. When this correlation is taken into account, the observed scatter of the scaling relations is consistent with the rms scatter in the derived ages and abundances at a given velocity dispersion.
Abstract Copyright: 1999 RAS
Journal keyword(s): galaxies: clusters: individual: Coma - galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD - galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: stellar content - dark matter
Simbad objects: 129
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