Dark matter and the Tully-Fisher relations of spiral and S0 galaxies

Details Dark matter and the Tully-Fisher relations of spiral and S0 galaxies Dark matter and the Tully-Fisher relations of spiral and S0 galaxies

2009-12-27

arxiv.org/abs/0912.5088v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

2 pages. To appear in "Hunting for the Dark: The Hidden Side of Galaxy Formation", Malta, 19-23 Oct. 2009, eds. V.P. Debattist

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We construct mass models of 28 S0-Sb galaxies. The models have an axisymmetric stellar component and a NFW dark halo and are constrained by observed Ks-band photometry and stellar kinematics. The median dark halo virial mass is 10^12.8 Msun, and the median dark/total mass fraction is 20% within a sphere of radius r_1/2, the intrinsic half-light radius, and 50% within R_25. We compare the Tully-Fisher relations of the spirals and S0s in the sample and find that S0s are 0.5 mag fainter than spirals at Ks-band and 0.2 dex less massive for a given rotational velocity. We use this result to rule out scenarios in which spirals are transformed into S0s by processes which truncate star formation without affecting galaxy dynamics or structure, and raise the possibility of a break in homology between spirals and S0s.

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