Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-12-17
Astrophys.J. 618 (2005) 214-226
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, Accepted Astrophysical Journal 619, 000, 2005 (Jan 1)
Scientific paper
10.1086/425852
Large and well defined variations exist between the distribution of mass and the light of stars on extragalactic scales. Mass concentrations in the range 10^12 - 10^13 M_sun manifest the most light per unit mass. Group halos in this range are typically the hosts of spiral and irregular galaxies with ongoing star formation. On average M/L_B ~ 90 M_sun/L_sun in these groups . More massive halos have less light per unit mass. Within a given mass range, halos that are dynamically old as measured by crossing times and galaxy morphologies have distinctly less light per unit mass. At the other end of the mass spectrum, below 10^12 M_sun, there is a cutoff in the manifestation of light. Group halos in the range 10^11 - 10^12 M_sun can host dwarf galaxies but with such low luminosities that M/L_B values can range from several hundred to several thousand. It is suspected that there must be completely dark halos at lower masses. Given the form of the halo mass function, it is the low relative luminosities of the high mass halos that has the greatest cosmological implications. Of order half the clustered mass may reside in halos with greater than 10^14 M_sun. By contrast, only 5-10% of clustered mass would lie in entities with less than 10^12 M_sun.
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