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Structure-dynamics relations for late-type spiral and dwarf irregular galaxies revisited

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2022-01-03 v2

Abstract

Scaling relations among structural and kinematical features of 79 late-type spiral and dwarf irregular galaxies of the SPARC sample are revisited or newly established. The mean central surface brightness <μ0,[3.6]\mu_{0,[3.6]}> = 19.63 ±\pm 0.11 mag arcsec2^{-2} allows for a clear-cut distinction between low and high surface brightness galaxies irrespective of luminosity. The geometry of rotation curves is characterized by the relation dv(Rd)/drvmax/Rmaxdv(R_d)/dr \approx v_{max}/R_{max}. For the rotation curve decompositions we apply dark matter halos of Burkert and of pseudo-isothermal type. The disk mass-to-light ratios exhibit an asymmetric bimodal distribution with the dominant peak located at 0.2. The baryonic mass fraction at intermediate radii is included to address both an adjusted baryonic Tully-Fisher relation and the significance of deviations from the mean radial acceleration relation. The mean radial decrease of the baryonic mass fraction within galaxies is quantified. The Burkert halo parameters obey ρ0r01.5\rho_0 \propto r_0^{-1.5} with considerable scatter, but allowing for vmaxv_{max} as a third variable we find ρ0r01.84vmax2.00\rho_0 \propto r_0^{-1.84}v_{max}^{2.00} with small scatter. The halo central surface density ρ0r0\rho_0r_0 strongly correlates with the observed radial acceleration at different galactocentric radii. We introduce an alternative universal rotation curve that is based on the non-singular total matter density profile ρtotal(r)(vmax2/r2)[1(1r/rc)exp(r/rc)]2\rho_{total}(r) \propto (v_{max}^2/r^2)[1-(1-r/r_c)\exp(-r/r_c)]^2, with the scaling parameter rcr_c correlating with the halo core size r0r_0 and with RmaxR_{max}. Fitting the synthetic URC to a selection of galaxies, the co-added doubly-normalized rotation curves exhibit a high degree of similarity.

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@article{arxiv.1808.06140,
  title  = {Structure-dynamics relations for late-type spiral and dwarf irregular galaxies revisited},
  author = {Bernhard R. Parodi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06140},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

31 pages, 16 figures; same as version 1 but corrected for several typos

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