Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-09-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
11 pages, 5 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14009.x
Dynamical properties of two-component galaxy models whose stellar density distribution is described by a gamma-model while the total density distribution has a pure r^(-2) profile, are presented. The orbital structure of the stellar component is described by Osipkov-Merritt anisotropy, while the dark matter halo is isotropic. After a description of minimum halo models, the positivity of the phase-space density (the model consistency) is investigated, and necessary and sufficient conditions for consistency are obtained analytically as a function of the stellar inner density slope gamma and anisotropy radius. The explicit phase-space distribution function is recovered for integer values of gamma, and it is shown that while models with gamma>4/17 are consistent when the anisotropy radius is larger than a critical value (dependent on gamma), the gamma=0 models are unphysical even in the fully isotropic case. The Jeans equations for the stellar component are then solved analytically; in addition, the projected velocity dispersion at the center and at large radii are also obtained analytically for generic values of the anisotropy radius, and it is found that they are given by remarkably simple expressions. The presented models, even though highly idealized, can be useful as starting point for more advanced modeling of the mass distribution of elliptical galaxies in studies combining stellar dynamics and gravitational lensing.
Ciotti Luca
de Zeeuw Tim
Morganti Lucia
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