Radial acceleration relation of galaxies with joint kinematic and weak-lensing data

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Main Authors: Mistele, Tobias, McGaugh, Stacy, Lelli, Federico, Schombert, James, Li, Pengfei
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author Mistele, Tobias
McGaugh, Stacy
Lelli, Federico
Schombert, James
Li, Pengfei
author_facet Mistele, Tobias
McGaugh, Stacy
Lelli, Federico
Schombert, James
Li, Pengfei
contents We combine kinematic and gravitational lensing data to construct the Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR) of galaxies over a large dynamic range. We improve on previous weak-lensing studies in two ways. First, we compute stellar masses using the same stellar population model as for the kinematic data. Second, we introduce a new method for converting excess surface density profiles to radial accelerations. This method is based on a new deprojection formula which is exact, computationally efficient, and gives smaller systematic uncertainties than previous methods. We find that the RAR inferred from weak-lensing data smoothly continues that inferred from kinematic data by about $2.5\,\mathrm{dex}$ in acceleration. Contrary to previous studies, we find that early- and late-type galaxies lie on the same joint RAR when a sufficiently strict isolation criterion is adopted and their stellar and gas masses are estimated consistently with the kinematic RAR.
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spellingShingle Radial acceleration relation of galaxies with joint kinematic and weak-lensing data
Mistele, Tobias
McGaugh, Stacy
Lelli, Federico
Schombert, James
Li, Pengfei
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
We combine kinematic and gravitational lensing data to construct the Radial Acceleration Relation (RAR) of galaxies over a large dynamic range. We improve on previous weak-lensing studies in two ways. First, we compute stellar masses using the same stellar population model as for the kinematic data. Second, we introduce a new method for converting excess surface density profiles to radial accelerations. This method is based on a new deprojection formula which is exact, computationally efficient, and gives smaller systematic uncertainties than previous methods. We find that the RAR inferred from weak-lensing data smoothly continues that inferred from kinematic data by about $2.5\,\mathrm{dex}$ in acceleration. Contrary to previous studies, we find that early- and late-type galaxies lie on the same joint RAR when a sufficiently strict isolation criterion is adopted and their stellar and gas masses are estimated consistently with the kinematic RAR.
title Radial acceleration relation of galaxies with joint kinematic and weak-lensing data
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15248