2011ApJ...742...18W


Query : 2011ApJ...742...18W

2011ApJ...742...18W - Astrophys. J., 742, 18 (2011/November-3)

The DiskMass survey. IV. The dark-matter-dominated galaxy UGC 463.

WESTFALL K.B., BERSHADY M.A., VERHEIJEN M.A.W., ANDERSEN D.R., MARTINSSON T.P.K., SWATERS R.A. and SCHECHTMAN-ROOK A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a detailed and unique mass budget for the high surface brightness galaxy UGC 463, showing it is dominated by dark matter (DM) at radii beyond one scale length (hR) and has a baryonic-to-DM mass ratio of approximately 1:3 within 4.2hR. Assuming a constant scale height (hz; calculated via an empirical oblateness relation), we calculate dynamical disk mass surface densities from stellar kinematics, which provide vertical velocity dispersions after correcting for the shape of the stellar velocity ellipsoid (measured to have σθ/σR= 1.04±0.22 and σz/σ_ R_= 0.48±0.09). We isolate the stellar mass surface density by accounting for all gas mass components and find an average K-band mass-to-light ratio of 0.22± 0.09(ran) ^{+0.16}_{-0.15}(sys)  {M}_☉/ L_☉^K; Zibetti et al. and Bell et al. predict, respectively, 0.56 and 3.6 times our dynamical value based on stellar-population-synthesis modeling. The baryonic matter is submaximal by a factor of ∼3 in mass and the baryonic-to-total circular-speed ratio is 0.61+0.07–0.09(ran)+0.12–0.18(sys) at 2.2hR ; however, the disk is globally stable with a multi-component stability that decreases asymptotically with radius to Q ∼ 2. We directly calculate the circular speed of the DM halo by subtracting the baryonic contribution to the total circular speed; the result is equally well described by either a Navarro-Frenk-White halo or a pseudo-isothermal sphere. The volume density is dominated by DM at heights of|z| ≳ 1.6hz for radii of R ≳ hR . As is shown in follow-up papers, UGC 463 is just one example among nearly all galaxies we have observed that contradict the hypothesis that high surface brightness spiral galaxies have maximal disks.

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Journal keyword(s): dark matter - galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: individual: UGC 463 - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: spiral - galaxies: structure

Simbad objects: 13

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Number of rows : 13
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 M 31 AGN 00 42 44.330 +41 16 07.50 4.86 4.36 3.44     ~ 13622 1
2 NGC 234 EmG 00 43 32.3817530400 +14 20 33.397671804   13.5       ~ 139 0
3 M 33 GiG 01 33 50.8965749232 +30 39 36.630403128 6.17 6.27 5.72     ~ 6226 1
4 NGC 2841 LIN 09 22 02.6778711696 +50 58 35.737082868 10.43 10.09 9.22     ~ 1113 1
5 M 66 AGN 11 20 15.0 +12 59 29 9.85 9.65 8.92     ~ 1509 4
6 M 109 GiG 11 57 35.9631479640 +53 22 29.006082336   10.94   9.57   ~ 483 0
7 M 94 SyG 12 50 53.0737971432 +41 07 12.900884628 9.15 8.96 8.24 7.78   ~ 1476 2
8 M 51 Sy2 13 29 52.698 +47 11 42.93   9.26 8.36 8.40   ~ 4565 4
9 M 83 SBG 13 37 00.91920 -29 51 56.7400 8.85 8.11 7.52 7.21   ~ 2778 2
10 HD 162555 PM* 17 50 22.8923622456 +29 19 19.709131008   6.588 5.517     K1III 62 0
11 HD 167042 PM* 18 10 31.6398993768 +54 17 11.592196980   6.89   5.4   K1III 174 1
12 SDSS J214154.67-000112.2 G 21 41 54.6809954832 -00 01 12.330169392         16.83 ~ 11 0
13 NAME Local Group GrG ~ ~           ~ 9325 0

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