Document Type

Article

Publication Date

November 2019

Publication Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volume

489

Issue Number

3

First Page

3665

Last Page

3669

DOI

10.1093/mnras/stz2420

Keywords

galaxies: individual: NGC 1052, galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, dark matter

Disciplines

Astrophysics and Astronomy | External Galaxies | Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

Abstract

The NGC 1052 group, and in particular the discovery of two ultra-diffuse galaxies with very low internal velocity dispersions, has been the subject of much attention recently. Here we present radial velocities for a sample of 77 globular clusters associated with NGC 1052 obtained on the Keck telescope. Their mean velocity and velocity dispersion are consistent with that of the host galaxy. Using a simple tracer mass estimator, we infer the enclosed dynamical mass and dark matter fraction of NGC 1052. Extrapolating our measurements with a Navarro–Frenk–White (NFW) mass profile we infer a total halo mass of 6.2(±0.2) × 1012 M⊙. This mass is fully consistent with that expected from the stellar mass–halo mass relation, suggesting that NGC 1052 has a normal dark matter halo mass (i.e. it is not deficient in dark matter in contrast to two ultra-diffuse galaxies in the group). We present a phase-space diagram showing the galaxies that lie within the projected virial radius (390 kpc) of NGC 1052. Finally, we briefly discuss the two dark matter-deficient galaxies (NGC 1052-DF2 and NGC 1052-DF4) and consider whether modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND) can account for their low observed internal velocity dispersions.

Comments

This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. This article can also be found online at the following link: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2420
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