Formation of S0 galaxies through mergers Morphological properties: tidal relics, lenses, ovals, and other inner components
| Autor: | M. C. Eliche-Moral, Miguel Querejeta, Cristina Rodríguez-Pérez, T. Tapia, Alejandro Borlaff |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physics
Astrofísica 010308 nuclear & particles physics Secular evolution FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Context (language use) Astrophysics Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies Galaxy law.invention Lens (optics) Astronomía Space and Planetary Science law Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) 0103 physical sciences Halo 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics |
| Zdroj: | E-Prints Complutense: Archivo Institucional de la UCM Universidad Complutense de Madrid E-Prints Complutense. Archivo Institucional de la UCM instname |
| Popis: | Major mergers are popularly considered too destructive to produce the relaxed regular structures and the morphological inner components (ICs) usually observed in lenticular (S0) galaxies. We aim to test if major mergers can produce remnants with realistic S0 morphologies. We have selected a sample of relaxed discy remnants resulting from the dissipative merger simulations of the GalMer database and derived their properties mimicking the typical conditions of current observational data. We compare their global morphologies, visual components, and merger relics in mock photometric images with their real counterparts. Only $\sim$1-2 Gyr after the full merger, we find that: 1) many remnants (67 major and 29 minor events) present relaxed structures and typical S0 or E/S0 morphologies, for a wide variety of orbits and even in gas-poor cases. 2) Contrary to popular expectations, most of them do not exhibit any morphological traces of their past merger origin under typical observing conditions and at distances as nearby as 30 Mpc. 3) The merger relics are more persistent in minor mergers than in major ones for similar relaxing time periods. 4) No major-merger S0-like remnant develops a significant bar. 5) Nearly 58% of the major-merger S0 remnants host visually detectable ICs, such as embedded inner discs, rings, pseudo-rings, inner spirals, nuclear bars, and compact sources, very frequent in real S0s too. 6) All remnants contain a lens or oval, identically ubiquitous in local S0s. 7) These lenses and ovals do not come from bar dilution in major merger cases, but are associated with stellar halos or embedded inner discs instead (thick or thin). We conclude that the relaxed morphologies, lenses, ovals, and other ICs of real S0s do not necessarily come from internal secular evolution, gas infall or environmental mechanisms, as traditionally assumed, but they can result from major mergers as well. Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 37 pages, 21 figures, 9 tables. Version with better resolution and language edited. A version with full Appendices is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325905181_Formation_of_S0_galaxies_through_mergers_Morphological_properties_tidal_relics_lenses_ovals_and_other_inner_components_-_Version_of_the_corresponding_AA_paper_with_full_Appendices |
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