Velocity dispersion measurements of dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster – implications for the structure of the fundamental plane
Velocity dispersion measurements of dwarf galaxies in the Coma cluster – implications for the structure of the fundamental plane
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后发星系团中矮星系的速度色散测量——对基本平面结构的影响
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2009
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B. Poggianti
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A. Cody;D. Carter;T. Bridges;B. Mobasher;B. Poggianti
We present intermediate-resolution spectroscopic data for a set of dwarf and giant galaxies in the Coma cluster, with −20.6 <M R < −15.7. The photometric and kinematic properties of the brighter galaxies can be cast in terms of parameters which present little scatter with respect to a set of scaling relations known as the fundamental plane. To determine the form of these fundamental scaling relations at lower luminosities, we have measured velocity dispersions for a sample comprising 69 galaxies on the border of the dwarf and giant regime. Combining these data with our photometric survey, we find a tight correlation of luminosity and velocity dispersion, L ∝ σ 2.0 , substantially flatter than the Faber–Jackson relation characterizing giant elliptical galaxies. In addition, the variation of mass-to-light (M/L) ratio with velocity dispersion is quite weak in our dwarf sample: M/L ∝ σ 0.2 . Our overall results are consistent with