Table · dataset · 1997
Dynamics of Globular Cluster M15
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The velocity dispersion as a function of radius in the globular cluster M15 is derived from measurements of 120 individual stars between 0.1' and 4.6' of the cluster center, and from the integrated light of the central cusp.
Description
The stellar measurements, with an individual accuracy of 1 km/s, indicate a mean cluster velocity of -107.1+/-0.9 km/s, and a mean velocity dispersion of 9.0+/-0.6 km/s. The velocity dispersion inside 1' varies with radius.
The dispersion of the 27 stars within 20" is 14.2+/-1.9 km/s, while that of the 30 stars between 0.5' and 1.2' is 8.4+/-1.4 km/s. The cusp itself appears to have a dispersion of at least 25 km/s. Except for its greater velocity broadening, the spectrum of the integrated light of the cusp is indistinguishable from that formed by superposition of the individual M15 giant spectra, demonstrating that the excess light at the center is due primarily to the normal M15 population.
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The increase of the dispersion toward the center is not consistent with truncated isothermal (King-Michie) models, for which the velocity dispersion is nearly constant within a few core radii and then falls steeply beyond. The observed behaviour is difficult to reconcile as well with current post-core collapse models, which are also isothermal and whose central energy sources are modest. It is indicative of a nonthermal energy distribution with substantial heating in the central regions; this is consistent with a central black hole of about 1000 M_{sun}_.
Links
Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/347/251 ↗
landing page · from IVOA Registry
Documentation and papers
- ADS 1989ApJ...347..251P ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJ...347..251P ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/apj/347/251 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
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- Stated by source
- Optical
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/apj/347/251 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:optical | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_title |
| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |