The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies
We present ground-based MDM Observatory V-band and Spitzer/InfraRed Array Camera 3.6-m-band photometric observations of the 72 representative galaxies of the SAURON survey. Galaxies in our sample probe the elliptical E, lenticular S0 and spiral Sa populations in the nearby Universe, both in field an...
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| author | Falcon-Barroso, J van de Ven, G Peletier, R Bureau, M Jeong, H Bacon, R Cappellari, M Davies, R de Zeeuw, P Emsellem, E Krajnovic, D Kuntschner, H McDermid, R Sarzi, M Shapiro, K van den Bosch, R van der Wolk, G Weijmans, A Yi, S |
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| description | We present ground-based MDM Observatory V-band and Spitzer/InfraRed Array Camera 3.6-m-band photometric observations of the 72 representative galaxies of the SAURON survey. Galaxies in our sample probe the elliptical E, lenticular S0 and spiral Sa populations in the nearby Universe, both in field and cluster environments. We perform aperture photometry to derive homogeneous structural quantities. In combination with the SAURON stellar velocity dispersion measured within an effective radius (σe), this allows us to explore the location of our galaxies in the colour-magnitude, colour-σe, Kormendy, Faber-Jackson and Fundamental Plane scaling relations. We investigate the dependence of these relations on our recent kinematical classification of early-type galaxies (i.e. slow/fast rotators) and the stellar populations. Slow rotator and fast rotator E/S0 galaxies do not populate distinct locations in the scaling relations, although slow rotators display a smaller intrinsic scatter. We find that Sa galaxies deviate from the colour-magnitude and colour-σe relations due to the presence of dust, while the E/S0 galaxies define tight relations. Surprisingly, extremely young objects do not display the bluest (V-[3.6]) colours in our sample, as is usually the case in optical colours. This can be understood in the context of the large contribution of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars to the infrared, even for young populations, resulting in a very tight (V-[3.6])-σe relation that in turn allows us to define a strong correlation between metallicity and σe. Many Sa galaxies appear to follow the Fundamental Plane defined by E/S0 galaxies. Galaxies that appear offset from the relations correspond mostly to objects with extremely young populations, with signs of ongoing, extended star formation. We correct for this effect in the Fundamental Plane, by replacing luminosity with stellar mass using an estimate of the stellar mass-to-light ratio, so that all galaxies are part of a tight, single relation. The new estimated coefficients are consistent in both photometric bands and suggest that differences in stellar populations account for about half of the observed tilt with respect to the virial prediction. After these corrections, the slow rotator family shows almost no intrinsic scatter around the best-fitting Fundamental Plane. The use of a velocity dispersion within a small aperture (e.g. Re/8) in the Fundamental Plane results in an increase of around 15 per cent in the intrinsic scatter and an average 10 per cent decrease in the tilt away from the virial relation. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:373b733a-537f-4608-a470-e20ea50e8e592022-03-26T13:42:48ZThe SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxiesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:373b733a-537f-4608-a470-e20ea50e8e59EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Falcon-Barroso, Jvan de Ven, GPeletier, RBureau, MJeong, HBacon, RCappellari, MDavies, Rde Zeeuw, PEmsellem, EKrajnovic, DKuntschner, HMcDermid, RSarzi, MShapiro, Kvan den Bosch, Rvan der Wolk, GWeijmans, AYi, SWe present ground-based MDM Observatory V-band and Spitzer/InfraRed Array Camera 3.6-m-band photometric observations of the 72 representative galaxies of the SAURON survey. Galaxies in our sample probe the elliptical E, lenticular S0 and spiral Sa populations in the nearby Universe, both in field and cluster environments. We perform aperture photometry to derive homogeneous structural quantities. In combination with the SAURON stellar velocity dispersion measured within an effective radius (σe), this allows us to explore the location of our galaxies in the colour-magnitude, colour-σe, Kormendy, Faber-Jackson and Fundamental Plane scaling relations. We investigate the dependence of these relations on our recent kinematical classification of early-type galaxies (i.e. slow/fast rotators) and the stellar populations. Slow rotator and fast rotator E/S0 galaxies do not populate distinct locations in the scaling relations, although slow rotators display a smaller intrinsic scatter. We find that Sa galaxies deviate from the colour-magnitude and colour-σe relations due to the presence of dust, while the E/S0 galaxies define tight relations. Surprisingly, extremely young objects do not display the bluest (V-[3.6]) colours in our sample, as is usually the case in optical colours. This can be understood in the context of the large contribution of thermally pulsing asymptotic giant branch stars to the infrared, even for young populations, resulting in a very tight (V-[3.6])-σe relation that in turn allows us to define a strong correlation between metallicity and σe. Many Sa galaxies appear to follow the Fundamental Plane defined by E/S0 galaxies. Galaxies that appear offset from the relations correspond mostly to objects with extremely young populations, with signs of ongoing, extended star formation. We correct for this effect in the Fundamental Plane, by replacing luminosity with stellar mass using an estimate of the stellar mass-to-light ratio, so that all galaxies are part of a tight, single relation. The new estimated coefficients are consistent in both photometric bands and suggest that differences in stellar populations account for about half of the observed tilt with respect to the virial prediction. After these corrections, the slow rotator family shows almost no intrinsic scatter around the best-fitting Fundamental Plane. The use of a velocity dispersion within a small aperture (e.g. Re/8) in the Fundamental Plane results in an increase of around 15 per cent in the intrinsic scatter and an average 10 per cent decrease in the tilt away from the virial relation. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS. |
| spellingShingle | Falcon-Barroso, J van de Ven, G Peletier, R Bureau, M Jeong, H Bacon, R Cappellari, M Davies, R de Zeeuw, P Emsellem, E Krajnovic, D Kuntschner, H McDermid, R Sarzi, M Shapiro, K van den Bosch, R van der Wolk, G Weijmans, A Yi, S The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title | The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title_full | The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title_fullStr | The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title_full_unstemmed | The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title_short | The SAURON project - XIX. Optical and near-infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical, lenticular and Sa galaxies |
| title_sort | sauron project xix optical and near infrared scaling relations of nearby elliptical lenticular and sa galaxies |
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