Implications for dwarf spheroidal mass content from interloper removal

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Author list: Serra AL, Angus GW, Diaferio A

Publisher: EDP Sciences

Place: LES ULIS CEDEX A

Publication year: 2010

Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics (0004-6361)

Journal acronym: ASTRON ASTROPHYS

Volume number: 524

Number of pages: 13

ISSN: 0004-6361

eISSN: 1432-0746

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)


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Abstract

Using the caustic method, we identify the member stars of five dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies of the Milky Way, the smallest dark matter (DM) dominated systems in the Universe. After our interloper rejection, we compute line-of-sight velocity dispersion profiles that are substantially smoother than previous results. Moreover, two dSphs have line-of-sight velocity dispersions 20% smaller than previous calculations suggested. Our Jeans modelling confirms that the DM content interior to 300 pc is roughly constant with satellite luminosity. Finally, if we assume that MOND provides the true law of gravity, our identification of interlopers implies that four dSphs have mass-to-light ratios in agreement with stellar population synthesis models, whereas Carina still has a mass-to-light ratio a factor of two too large and remains a problem for MOND.


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Dark matter, galaxies: dwarf, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, gravitation, methods: data analysis


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