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2009ApJS..182..216K - Astrophys. J., Suppl. Ser., 182, 216-309 (2009/May-0)
Structure and formation of elliptical and spheroidal galaxies.
KORMENDY J., FISHER D.B., CORNELL M.E. and BENDER R.
Abstract (from CDS):
Besides extra light, we find three new aspects to the ("E-E") dichotomy into two types of elliptical galaxies. Core galaxies are known to be slowly rotating, to have relatively anisotropic velocity distributions, and to have boxy isophotes. We show that they have Sérsic indices n > 4 uncorrelated with MVT. They also are α-element enhanced, implying short star-formation timescales. And their stellar populations have a variety of ages but mostly are very old. Extra light ellipticals generally rotate rapidly, are more isotropic than core Es, and have disky isophotes. We show that they have n ≃ 3±1 almost uncorrelated with MVT and younger and less α-enhanced stellar populations. These are new clues to galaxy formation. We suggest that extra light ellipticals got their low Sérsic indices by forming in relatively few binary mergers, whereas giant ellipticals have n > 4 because they formed in larger numbers of mergers of more galaxies at once plus later heating during hierarchical clustering.
We confirm that core Es contain X-ray-emitting gas whereas extra light Es generally do not. This leads us to suggest why the E-E dichotomy arose. If energy feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) requires a "working surface" of hot gas, then this is present in core galaxies but absent in extra light galaxies. We suggest that AGN energy feedback is a strong function of galaxy mass: it is weak enough in small Es not to prevent merger starbursts but strong enough in giant Es and their progenitors to make dry mergers dry and to protect old stellar populations from late star formation.
Finally, we verify that there is a strong dichotomy between elliptical and spheroidal galaxies. Their properties are consistent with our understanding of their different formation processes: mergers for ellipticals and conversion of late-type galaxies into spheroidals by environmental effects and by energy feedback from supernovae.
In an appendix, we develop machinery to get realistic error estimates for Sérsic parameters even when they are strongly coupled. And we discuss photometric dynamic ranges necessary to get robust results from Sérsic fits.
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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: photometry - galaxies: structure
VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/ApJS/182/216): galaxies.dat table3.dat>
Simbad objects: 72
Number of rows : 72 |
N | Identifier | Otype |
ICRS (J2000) RA |
ICRS (J2000) DEC |
Mag U | Mag B | Mag V | Mag R | Mag I | Sp type |
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1850 - 2024 |
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1 | M 110 | GiG | 00 40 22.0572349992 | +41 41 07.507220136 | 8.92 | 8.07 | ~ | 1308 | 1 | |||
2 | M 32 | GiG | 00 42 41.82480 | +40 51 54.6120 | 9.51 | 9.03 | 8.08 | ~ | 2154 | 2 | ||
3 | M 31 | AGN | 00 42 44.330 | +41 16 07.50 | 4.86 | 4.36 | 3.44 | ~ | 12643 | 1 | ||
4 | NGC 315 | LIN | 00 57 48.88334410 | +30 21 08.8119345 | 12.80 | 12.20 | 11.16 | 11.26 | ~ | 787 | 2 | |
5 | M 33 | GiG | 01 33 50.8965749232 | +30 39 36.630403128 | 6.17 | 6.27 | 5.72 | ~ | 5838 | 1 | ||
6 | NGC 1042 | EmG | 02 40 23.9724818544 | -08 26 00.736256616 | 11.47 | 11.56 | 11.02 | 11.7 | 11.4 | ~ | 260 | 1 |
7 | ACO 426 | ClG | 03 19 47.2 | +41 30 47 | ~ | 2257 | 1 | |||||
8 | NAME Carina dSph | G | 06 41 36.7 | -50 57 58 | 22.14 | 11.0 | 19.47 | ~ | 1124 | 0 | ||
9 | ZwCl 0735+7421 | ClG | 07 41 40.3 | +74 14 58 | 17.70 | ~ | 254 | 0 | ||||
10 | NGC 2682 | OpC | 08 51 23.0 | +11 48 50 | ~ | 2342 | 0 | |||||
11 | ACO 780 | ClG | 09 18 30 | -12 15.7 | ~ | 453 | 0 | |||||
12 | NGC 3115 | GiG | 10 05 13.9270507008 | -07 43 06.982712292 | 11 | 9.37 | ~ | 1013 | 2 | |||
13 | NGC 3377 | GiP | 10 47 42.400 | +13 59 08.30 | 11.55 | 11.24 | 10.38 | ~ | 775 | 1 | ||
14 | M 105 | LIN | 10 47 49.600 | +12 34 53.87 | 10.56 | 9.76 | 9.12 | 8.18 | ~ | 1463 | 0 | |
15 | NGC 3605 | GiG | 11 16 46.5896102400 | +18 01 01.777666908 | 12.7 | ~ | 253 | 0 | ||||
16 | [VV2006] J111654.8+180304 | QSO | 11 16 54.7 | +18 03 06 | 13.84 | 12.76 | ~ | 467 | 0 | |||
17 | NGC 4125 | GiP | 12 08 06.017 | +65 10 26.88 | 11.14 | 10.65 | 9.72 | ~ | 427 | 2 | ||
18 | NGC 4261 | LIN | 12 19 23.2160630 | +05 49 29.700024 | 13.92 | 12.87 | ~ | 1223 | 0 | |||
19 | NGC 4318 | GiG | 12 22 43.2906579576 | +08 11 53.850831504 | 14.1 | ~ | 132 | 0 | ||||
20 | NGC 4365 | GiG | 12 24 28.228 | +07 19 03.07 | 11.5 | ~ | 841 | 0 | ||||
21 | M 84 | Sy2 | 12 25 03.74333 | +12 53 13.1393 | 12.67 | 12.09 | 10.49 | ~ | 1762 | 2 | ||
22 | M 85 | GiP | 12 25 24.053 | +18 11 27.89 | 10.2 | ~ | 644 | 0 | ||||
23 | NGC 4387 | GiG | 12 25 41.6768484264 | +12 48 37.804615956 | 13.42 | 13.01 | 12.12 | 10.87 | ~ | 392 | 1 | |
24 | NGC 4395 | Sy2 | 12 25 48.8633109888 | +33 32 48.700168152 | 10.84 | 10.54 | 10.11 | 9.98 | ~ | 1177 | 1 | |
25 | M 86 | GiG | 12 26 11.814 | +12 56 45.49 | 10.32 | 9.83 | 8.90 | 7.50 | ~ | 1084 | 1 | |
26 | NAME Virgo Cluster | ClG | 12 26 32.1 | +12 43 24 | ~ | 6642 | 0 | |||||
27 | NGC 4415 | GiG | 12 26 40.4842511880 | +08 26 08.595255480 | 14.2 | ~ | 112 | 0 | ||||
28 | NGC 4434 | GiG | 12 27 36.6771662112 | +08 09 15.640206876 | 13.2 | ~ | 258 | 0 | ||||
29 | NGC 4435 | GiG | 12 27 40.503 | +13 04 44.48 | 12.23 | 11.74 | 10.80 | ~ | 445 | 2 | ||
30 | NGC 4438 | LIN | 12 27 45.6705493536 | +13 00 31.708096380 | 11.37 | 11.02 | 10.17 | ~ | 636 | 2 | ||
31 | IC 3381 | LSB | 12 28 14.8698618648 | +11 47 23.359165728 | 14.42 | ~ | 165 | 1 | ||||
32 | NGC 4458 | GiP | 12 28 57.5613938232 | +13 14 30.946545276 | 13.27 | 12.93 | 12.07 | ~ | 413 | 2 | ||
33 | NGC 4459 | H2G | 12 29 00.0329905416 | +13 58 42.826603332 | 11.6 | ~ | 539 | 0 | ||||
34 | NGC 4461 | GiP | 12 29 03.010 | +13 11 01.88 | 12.56 | 12.09 | 11.19 | ~ | 236 | 2 | ||
35 | NGC 4464 | GiG | 12 29 21.2937802368 | +08 09 23.807609316 | 13.5 | ~ | 232 | 0 | ||||
36 | GRDG +12 52 | GiC | 12 29 23.5156350432 | +12 27 02.909896992 | 16 | 15.29 | 14.16 | ~ | 92 | 0 | ||
37 | NGC 4467 | GiG | 12 29 30.2447376768 | +07 59 34.273371336 | 15.2 | ~ | 179 | 0 | ||||
38 | LEDA 41180 | AG? | 12 29 34.9891966080 | +08 03 28.781563608 | ~ | 84 | 0 | |||||
39 | M 49 | Sy2 | 12 29 46.8 | +08 00 01 | 13.21 | 12.17 | ~ | 2093 | 2 | |||
40 | NGC 4473 | GiG | 12 29 48.878 | +13 25 45.55 | 11.60 | 11.16 | 10.20 | ~ | 644 | 1 | ||
41 | NGC 4482 | GiG | 12 30 10.3245430152 | +10 46 46.088237784 | 14.2 | ~ | 169 | 0 | ||||
42 | NGC 4478 | GiP | 12 30 17.4160005576 | +12 19 42.790577160 | 12.82 | 12.36 | 11.45 | 10.17 | ~ | 490 | 1 | |
43 | UGCA 283 | GiG | 12 30 31.985 | +12 29 24.85 | 14.5 | ~ | 413 | 0 | ||||
44 | M 87 | AGN | 12 30 49.42338414 | +12 23 28.0436859 | 10.16 | 9.59 | 8.63 | 7.49 | ~ | 7190 | 3 | |
45 | NGC 4489 | GiG | 12 30 52.2472748976 | +16 45 31.866359004 | 13.2 | ~ | 252 | 0 | ||||
46 | UGC 7658 | GiG | 12 30 57.7095721176 | +12 16 13.316512872 | 11.2 | 11.59 | 12.02 | ~ | 232 | 1 | ||
47 | IC 3442 | GiG | 12 31 20.1836306184 | +14 06 54.669163572 | 15.4 | ~ | 105 | 0 | ||||
48 | IC 3461 | GiG | 12 32 02.747 | +11 53 23.16 | 15.4 | 14.88 | 13.3 | ~ | 127 | 0 | ||
49 | IC 3470 | GiP | 12 32 23.353 | +11 15 47.56 | 15.0 | ~ | 116 | 0 | ||||
50 | IC 798 | GiG | 12 32 33.4026417888 | +15 24 55.432700280 | 15.3 | ~ | 99 | 0 | ||||
51 | NGC 4515 | GiG | 12 33 04.9652329656 | +16 15 55.889535096 | 13.3 | ~ | 147 | 0 | ||||
52 | IC 3490 | GiC | 12 33 13.902 | +10 55 42.73 | 15.6 | ~ | 79 | 0 | ||||
53 | IC 3509 | GiG | 12 34 11.5324571232 | +12 02 56.163023196 | 15.3 | ~ | 114 | 0 | ||||
54 | 2MASX J12353723+1222554 | GiP | 12 35 37.2512550384 | +12 22 55.234598772 | 15.41 | ~ | 94 | 0 | ||||
55 | NGC 4551 | GiP | 12 35 37.9542692328 | +12 15 50.284593432 | 13.49 | 12.97 | 12.02 | ~ | 354 | 1 | ||
56 | M 89 | LIN | 12 35 39.80733343 | +12 33 22.8308657 | 11.29 | 10.73 | 9.75 | ~ | 995 | 2 | ||
57 | NGC 4564 | GiG | 12 36 26.9869512504 | +11 26 21.204472848 | 12.51 | 12.05 | 11.12 | ~ | 595 | 1 | ||
58 | NGC 4570 | GiG | 12 36 53.3828233728 | +07 14 47.697174852 | 11.8 | ~ | 331 | 0 | ||||
59 | IC 3635 | GiG | 12 40 13.334 | +12 52 29.98 | 15.5 | ~ | 81 | 0 | ||||
60 | IC 3653 | GiG | 12 41 15.7273825296 | +11 23 13.997694300 | 14.7 | ~ | 114 | 0 | ||||
61 | M 59 | GiG | 12 42 02.2581375168 | +11 38 48.909507756 | 11.0 | ~ | 693 | 0 | ||||
62 | IC 3672 | GiG | 12 42 08.6673855720 | +11 45 15.438923748 | 15.1 | ~ | 111 | 0 | ||||
63 | NGC 4636 | LIN | 12 42 49.8333280080 | +02 41 15.951929028 | 12.62 | 11.84 | ~ | 1117 | 1 | |||
64 | M 60 | GiP | 12 43 39.9680 | +11 33 09.696 | 10.3 | ~ | 1348 | 1 | ||||
65 | NGC 4660 | GiP | 12 44 31.9814021280 | +11 11 25.739106972 | 12.1 | ~ | 417 | 0 | ||||
66 | NGC 5322 | SyG | 13 49 15.24 | +60 11 25.8 | 11.3 | ~ | 415 | 2 | ||||
67 | MCG+00-38-026 | GiP | 15 06 29.2023813744 | +01 35 41.627266512 | 14.1 | 13.37 | 13.07 | 12.1 | ~ | 122 | 0 | |
68 | ACO 2052 | ClG | 15 16 41.64 | +07 01 45.5 | ~ | 730 | 1 | |||||
69 | NGC 6482 | GiG | 17 51 48.8339247888 | +23 04 18.889271112 | 12.71 | 12.35 | 11.45 | ~ | 208 | 1 | ||
70 | HD 172401 | SB* | 18 39 39.6820576536 | +08 43 58.122643908 | 8.08 | 7.01 | K2III | 31 | 0 | |||
71 | * eta Cyg | * | 19 56 18.3718373206 | +35 05 00.322387793 | 5.800 | 4.910 | 3.880 | 3.19 | 2.66 | K0III | 281 | 0 |
72 | NAME Local Group | GrG | ~ | ~ | ~ | 8387 | 0 |
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