Dark Matter in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 247

Details Dark Matter in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 247 Dark Matter in the Dwarf Galaxy NGC 247

1999-07-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9907140v1

Astron.Astrophys. 349 (1999) 1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, accepted for publication in A & A

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Dwarf galaxies are dominated by dark matter even in the innermost regions and, therefore, provide excellent probes for the investigation of dark halos. To that purpose, we analyse ROSAT PSPC-data of the dwarf galaxy NGC 247. We focus in particular on the diffuse X-ray emission in the $1/4 $keV band. Assuming an isothermal density profile, we find that the mass of the hot emitting gas is about $10^8 {\rm M_{\odot}}$, corresponding to $\lesssim 0.5%$ of the total dynamical mass of the galaxy. The total mass of NGC 247, as derived from the X-ray data agrees quite well with the value obtained from the measured rotation curve (Burlak). The X-ray profile in the $3/4 $keV and $1.5 $keV band shows an excess at a radial distance of about $15 $ arcmin from the center. Such a ``hump'' in the radial X-ray profile can be explained by the presence of a cluster of young low mass stars or brown dwarfs. Therefore, NGC 247 offers the possibility to observe the formation of a halo of MACHOs.

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