期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 450, 期 4, 页码 3920-3934出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stv864
关键词
galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: formation; galaxies: haloes; Local Group
资金
- MICINN (Spain) through the MINECO [AYA2012-31101]
Observed kinematical data of 40 Local Group (LG) members are used to derive the dark matter halo mass of such galaxies. Haloes are selected from the theoretically expected LG mass function and two different density profiles are assumed, a standard universal cuspy model and a mass-dependent profile which accounts for the effects of baryons in modifying the dark matter distribution within galaxies. The resulting relations between stellar and halo mass are compared with expectations from abundance matching. Using a universal cuspy profile, the ensemble of LG galaxies is fit in relatively low-mass haloes, leaving 'dark' many massive haloes of M-halo greater than or similar to 10(10) M-circle dot: this reflects the 'too-big-to-fail' problem and results in a M-star-M-halo relation that differs from abundance matching predictions. Moreover, the star formation efficiency of isolated LG galaxies increases with decreasing halo mass when adopting a cuspy model. By contrast, using the mass-dependent density profile, dwarf galaxies with M-star greater than or similar to 10(6) M-circle dot are assigned to more massive haloes, which have a central cored distribution of dark matter: the 'too-big-to-fail' problem is alleviated, the resultant M-star-M-halo relation follows abundance matching predictions down to the completeness limit of current surveys, and the star formation efficiency of isolated members decreases with decreasing halo mass, in agreement with theoretical expectations. Finally, the cusp/core space of LG galaxies is presented, providing a framework to understand the non-universality of their density profiles.
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