Dynamics of galaxy structures in the Local Volume
Abstract
I consider a sample of `Updated Nearby Galaxy Catalog' that contains eight hundred objects within 11 Mpc. Environment of each galaxy is characterized by a tidal index Θ1 depending on separation and mass of the galaxy Main Disturber (=MD). The UNGC galaxies with a common MD are ascribed to its `suite' and ranked according to their Θ1. Fifteen the most populated suites contain more than half of the UNGC sample. The fraction of MDs among the brightest galaxies is almost 100% and drops to 50% at M_B = -18 mag. The observational properties of galaxies accumulated in UNGC are used to derive orbital masses of giant galaxies via motions of their satellites. The average orbital-to-stellar mass ratio for them is M orb M* ~= 30, corresponding to the mean local density of matter Ωm ~= 0.09, i.e 1/3 of the global cosmic one. The dark-to-stellar mass ratio for the Milky Way and M31 is typical for other neighboring giant galaxies.
- Publication:
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The Zeldovich Universe: Genesis and Growth of the Cosmic Web
- Pub Date:
- October 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921316009807
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..308..173K
- Keywords:
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- cosmology: observations;
- dark matter;
- galaxies: groups: general