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AY202a Galaxies & Dynamics Lecture 3: Galaxy Characteristics
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Galaxy Properties vs Morphology
blue Type vs Color This is essentially star formation rate and history B-V cI Im-Sd Sc Sb Sa S0/a E/S0 U-B red
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JPH ‘76
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Color vs Magnitude --- for Ellipticals
less luminous galaxies are lower metallicity and thus bluer. CM for the Virgo Cluster from Visvanathan & Sandage (1978) Use as a distance indicator?
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SDSS (u-r) vs M Baldry et al 2004
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SDSS
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Color Gradients --- most galaxies get bluer with
radius. Combination of CFR + [Fe/H] Liu, C-Z. et al. 2009, Research in Astron. Astrophys. X
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De Vaucouleurs
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HI content Type MH/M S0 0.005 Mort Im 0.2 – 0.5 E 10-6 – 10-3
Sa Roberts Sb Sc Im – 0.5
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Spirals HI vs T
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Internal Motions 1970’s improvements in detectors enabled research on several questions: 1. Do E’s rotate appropriately? 2. Does σ vary with L? 3. Are E’s triaxial? 4. Are S’s stable? Illingworth 1977 Theory Data
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NGC 253
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Optical Rotation Curves Radio 21-cm HI Velocity Maps
M33 NRAO Bureau & Freeman Optical Rotation Curves Radio 21-cm HI Velocity Maps
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Luminosity vs Internal Motions For Ellipticals, L vs σ = Faber-Jackson
For Spirals, L vs v = Tully-Fisher TF 1977 FJ 1976
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K-Band TF Masters et al. 2008
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Comparison of FJ & TF relations
note the scatter. C. Kochanek
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Kinematics & Luminosity
What drives the kinematics vs L relations? 1. Assume galaxies are self-similar in form <μ(r)> ~ μe 2. Assume they are made of similar stars M/L similar L ~ 4 π Re 2 μe where Re is the galaxy’s effective radius G m M / Re = ½ m V2 circular orbits, flat rotation M ~ ½ V2 R / G and Re = L½ /(4 π μe)1/2 Thus M = ½ V2 L½ / (4 π μeG )1/2 = 1/4 V2 L½ / (π μeG )1/2 so for constant M/L , L½ = 1/4 V2 / (π μeG )1/2 or L ~ const V4 (shades of Opik) )1/2
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The Fundamental Plane For E Galaxies, the combination of σ vs L
+ D vs L + μ vs L , if M/L is well behaved The Fundamental Plane (DD, 7 Sam) Re = f(σ,L) or even better f(σ,L,[Fe/H]) log Re = 0.36(<Ie> / μB) log σ0 Ditto for Sprials. TF implication is that M/L varies by most a factor of 2 over a factor of 100 in Luminosity.
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Galaxy Spectra & SED’s
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Spectra
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M77 a.k.a. NGC1068
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Starburst
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The Cosmic Spectrum Glazebrook & Baldry from the 250,000 2dF Galaxy Spectra
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Morphology Density Relation
Dressler (1980) studied the gross morphologies of galaxies in 14 clusters.
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<L> and color, too…. SDSS
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Remember: Reading Assignment
For this Wednesday NFW “The Structure of Cold Dark Matter Halos,” 1996, ApJ & The preface to Zwicky’s “Catalogue of Compact and Post-Eruptive Galaxies” Read, Outline, be prepared to discuss Zwicky’s comments and the NFW profile.
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Accepting suggestions…… What should we read next week
Accepting suggestions…… What should we read next week? Topic: Galactic Structure & Internal Dynamics
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