Galaxy Structure and Dark Matter Michael Merrifield University of Nottingham Title

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Galaxy Structure and Dark Matter

Title

Michael Merrifield

University of Nottingham

UDF #3492

Coma Cluster

2 KE

PE

1 d

2

I

2 dt

2

(Zwicky 1937)

NGC 3198

Ngc 3198

(Begeman 1989)

MO dified

N ewtonian

D ynamics a n

GM ( r ) r

2

 v

2 r a n

(  ) a

M

(

(

1

 r x

) r )

(  x

 x r r a

0



1

1

)

(Milgrom 1983)

(Kent 1987)

The Tully Fisher Relation

In “deep MOND,” a

 a n a

0

 v

2 r

GM a

0 r

2

L

M

 v

4

Tully-Fisher

a n

GM ( r ) r

2

 v

2 r

M ( r )

 r

 

( r )

 r

2

(Kent 1987)

In Situ Measurements

In the Solar neighbourhood, we have:

1.1

70 M a pc -2 Total mass within 1.1 kpc of the Galactic plane

(Kuijken & Gilmore 1991)

 bar

1.1

50 M a pc -2

Census of mass in baryons within 1.1 kpc of the

Galactic plane (Olling & Merrifield 2001)

 DM

1.1

20 M a pc -2

0.4

 bar

1.1

whereas more globally in the Milky Way:

M(R

0

)

9.5 × 10 10 M a

Total dynamical mass within the Solar circle

M bar (R

0

)

5.5 × 10 10 M a

Census of mass in baryons within the Solar circle (Olling & Merrifield 2001)

M DM (R

0

)

4.0 × 10 10 M a

0.7 M bar (R

0

)

Dark matter more spherically distributed than baryons

Measuring Halo Shape

One measure of the shape of the halo can be made using the thickness of a galaxy’s gas layer, assuming that it is in hydrostatic equilibrium:

Flatter halo dark matter concentrated closer to plane

Vertical gravitational pull reduces scaleheight of gas layer

q = c/a

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

(Olling & Merrifield 2000)

NGC 720

(Buote & Canizares 1996)

Milky Way

Moore et al.

(2003)

Milky Way

(Dubinski 1994)

Title

Where Have All the Satellites Gone?

Invisible Galaxies?

• Never formed stars

MOND?

• Destroyed by dynamical friction

MOND

DM

1

2

M

DM

M

MOND

(Ciotti & Binney 2004)

(Minchin et al. 2005)

• First star blew out gas, stopping star formation

For a typical galaxy-scale halo,

M

DM

M

MOND

25

MOND

DM

0 .

05

NFW

( r )

 r r s

 s r s

2

M

( r )

 r r

M

1 .

5

1

M

 r r

M

1 .

5

Navarro et al. (2004)

(Klypin, Zhao & Somerville 2002)

NGC 6822

N6822 rotation curve: the prediction

(de Blok 2004)

MOND Again

(Sanders & McGaugh 2002)

NGC 4472

Elliptical Galaxies

PNe

Romanowsky et al. (2003)

Combined dispersion profiles

NGC 821 (Romanowsky et al 2003)

NGC 3379 (Romanowsky et al 2003)

NGC 4494 (Romanowsky et al 2003)

NGC 4697 (Méndez et al. 2001)

Isothermal halo

MOND

(Sanders & McGaugh 2002)

Isotropic no dark matter model

(Romanowsky et al. 2003)

Explanation for “Naked” Ellipticals

We have been able to rule out:

• Systematic problems with data

• Face-on highly-flattened systems

• Strong radial bias in orbits

 CDM prediction

(Bullock et al. 2001)

Which leaves:

• Lost dark matter halos

• MOND

• Low concentration halos

More data on the way…

Conclusions

There is overwhelming evidence that, on the scale of galaxies, dynamically-inferred masses exceed the observed baryonic masses

For the last twenty years, the paradigm has been that the deficit is made up by non-baryonic dark matter

It is by no means clear at this point that Occam’s

Razor supports this interpretation (c.f. MOND)

Save the paradigm

detect the dark matter!

Summary

Clusters of Galaxies

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