2006ApJ...649..599K -
Astrophys. J., 649, 599-615 (2006/October-1)
The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. III. The structure and formation of early-type galaxies and their evolution since z ~ 1.
KOOPMANS L.V.E., TREU T., BOLTON A.S., BURLES S. and MOUSTAKAS L.A.
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We present a joint gravitational lensing and stellar-dynamical analysis of 15 massive field early-type galaxies selected from the Sloan Lens ACS (SLACS) Survey. The following numerical results are found: (1) A joint likelihood gives an average logarithmic density slope for the total mass density of <γ'≥2.01+0.02–0.03(68% CL; ρtot∝r–γ') inside <REinst≥4.2±0.4 kpc (rms of 1.6 kpc) for isotropic models. The inferred intrinsic rms spread in logarithmic density slopes is σγ'=0.12. (2) The average position-angle difference between the light distribution and the total mass distribution is found to be <Δθ≥0°±3° (rms of 10°), setting an upper limit of <γext>≲0.035 on the average external shear. The total mass has an average ellipticity <qSIE≥0.78±0.03 (rms of 0.12), which correlates extremely well with the stellar ellipticity, q*, resulting in <qSIE/q*≥0.99±0.03 (rms of 0.11) for σ≳225 km/s omitting three S0 lens galaxies. (3) The average projected dark matter mass fraction is inferred to be <fDM≥0.25±0.06 (rms of 0.22) inside <REinst>, using the stellar mass-to-light ratios derived from the fundamental plane as priors. (4) Combined with results from the Lenses Structure and Dynamics (LSD) Survey at z≳0.3, we find no significant evolution of the total density slope inside one effective radius for galaxies with σap≥200 km/s: a linear fit gives αγ'≡d<γ'>/dz=0.23±0.16 (1 σ) for the range z=0.08-1.01. The small scatter and absence of significant evolution in the inner density slopes suggest a collisional scenario in which gas and dark matter strongly couple during galaxy formation, leading to a total mass distribution that rapidly converges to dynamical isothermality.
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Galaxies: Elliptical and Lenticular, cD - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Formation - Galaxies: Structure - Cosmology: Gravitational Lensing
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