The Near-infrared S0 Survey III: Morphology of 15 Southern Early-type Disk Galaxies

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2006-09-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609343v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

51 pages, 9 eps figures, 8 ps figures. Accepted to AJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/508810

Structural analysis has been performed for a sample of 15 Southern early-type disk galaxies, mainly S0s, using high resolution $K_s$-band images. The galaxies are mostly barred and many of them show multiple structures including bars and ovals, typical for S0s. The new images are of sufficient quality to reveal new detail on the morphology of the galaxies. For example, we report a hitherto undetected nuclear ring in NGC 1387, a nuclear bar in NGC 1326, and in the residual image also a weak primary bar in NGC 1317. For the galaxies we (1) measure the radial profiles of the orientation parameters derived from the elliptical isophotes, (2) apply Fourier methods for calculating tangential forces, and particularly, (3) apply structural decomposition methods. For galaxies with multiple structures a 2-dimensional method is found to be superior to a 1-dimensional method, but only if in addition to the bulge and the disk, at least one other component is taken into account. {\it We find strong evidence of pseudo-bulges in S0s}: ten of the galaxies have the shape parameter of the bulge near to $n$ = 2, indicating that the bulges are more disk-like than following the R$^{1/4}$-law. Also, six of the galaxies have either nuclear rings, nuclear bars or nuclear disks. In all non-elliptical galaxies in our sample the $B/T < $ 0.4, as typically found in galaxies having pseudo-bulges. In two of the galaxies the $B/T$ flux ratio is as small as in typical Sc-type spirals. This might be the hitherto undiscovered link in the scenario in which spirals are transformedinto S0s. Also, bars in S0s are found to be shorter and less massive, and have smaller bar torques than bars in S0/a-type galaxies.

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