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Title: | Globular cluster scale sizes in giant galaxies: orbital anisotropy and tidally underfilling clusters in M87, NGC 1399 and NGC 5128 | Authors: | Webb, Jeremy J. Sills, Alison Harris, William E. Gómez, Matías Paolillo, Maurizio Woodley, Kristin A. Puzia, Thomas H. |
Issue Date: | 2016 | Journal: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Number: | 460 | Issue: | 2 | First Page: | 2129 | Abstract: | We investigate the shallow increase in globular cluster half-light radii with projected galactocentric distance R<SUB>gc</SUB> observed in the giant galaxies M87, NGC 1399, and NGC 5128. To model the trend in each galaxy, we explore the effects of orbital anisotropy and tidally underfilling clusters. While a strong degeneracy exists between the two parameters, we use kinematic studies to help constrain the distance R<SUB>β</SUB> beyond which cluster orbits become anisotropic, as well as the distance R<SUB>fα</SUB> beyond which clusters are tidally underfilling. For M87 we find R<SUB>β</SUB> > 27 kpc and 20 < R<SUB>fα</SUB> < 40 kpc and for NGC 1399 R<SUB>β</SUB> > 13 kpc and 10 < R<SUB>fα</SUB> < 30 kpc. The connection of R<SUB>fα</SUB> with each galaxy's mass profile indicates the relationship between size and R<SUB>gc</SUB> may be imposed at formation, with only inner clusters being tidally affected. The best-fitting models suggest the dynamical histories of brightest cluster galaxies yield similar present-day distributions of cluster properties. For NGC 5128, the central giant in a small galaxy group, we find R<SUB>β</SUB> > 5 kpc and R<SUB>fα</SUB> > 30 kpc. While we cannot rule out a dependence on R<SUB>gc</SUB>, NGC 5128 is well fitted by a tidally filling cluster population with an isotropic distribution of orbits, suggesting it may have formed via an initial fast accretion phase. Perturbations from the surrounding environment may also affect a galaxy's orbital anisotropy profile, as outer clusters in M87 and NGC 1399 have primarily radial orbits while outer NGC 5128 clusters remain isotropic. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26427 | URL: | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/460/2/2129/2609101 | ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stw1115 | Bibcode ADS: | 2016MNRAS.460.2129W | Fulltext: | open |
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