Triaxial Schwarzschild Models of Brightest Cluster Galaxies with Long-Slit LBT Data
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| author | de Nicola, Stefano Saglia, Roberto P. Thomas, Jens Snigula, Jan Kluge, Matthias Bender, Ralf |
| author_facet | de Nicola, Stefano Saglia, Roberto P. Thomas, Jens Snigula, Jan Kluge, Matthias Bender, Ralf |
| contents | We present new long-slit stellar kinematics for a sample of 21 Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) and triaxial Schwarzschild models for 16 of these objects using our orbit modelling code SMART. The new kinematics obtained with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is complemented with high-resolution photometry from HST or new AO-assisted ground-based observations also obtained at LBT and combined with wide-field imaging from the Wendelstein Observatory. These data enable robust modeling from the innermost regions - where the Supermassive Black Hole dominates the potential - to larger radii, where stars and dark matter (DM) are the primary mass contributors. As already discussed in a companion paper, we discovered 8 Ultramassive Black Holes (UMBHs, with mass $> 10^{10}$ M$_\odot$) in this BCG sample, more than doubling the number of galaxies with dynamically detected UMBHs. We show that the DM halos display a wide variety of geometries. Purely kinematical results include low central velocity dispersion with increasing profiles towards the outskirts, and the discovery of one Kinematically Decoupled Core. |
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| spellingShingle | Triaxial Schwarzschild Models of Brightest Cluster Galaxies with Long-Slit LBT Data de Nicola, Stefano Saglia, Roberto P. Thomas, Jens Snigula, Jan Kluge, Matthias Bender, Ralf Astrophysics of Galaxies We present new long-slit stellar kinematics for a sample of 21 Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs) and triaxial Schwarzschild models for 16 of these objects using our orbit modelling code SMART. The new kinematics obtained with the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is complemented with high-resolution photometry from HST or new AO-assisted ground-based observations also obtained at LBT and combined with wide-field imaging from the Wendelstein Observatory. These data enable robust modeling from the innermost regions - where the Supermassive Black Hole dominates the potential - to larger radii, where stars and dark matter (DM) are the primary mass contributors. As already discussed in a companion paper, we discovered 8 Ultramassive Black Holes (UMBHs, with mass $> 10^{10}$ M$_\odot$) in this BCG sample, more than doubling the number of galaxies with dynamically detected UMBHs. We show that the DM halos display a wide variety of geometries. Purely kinematical results include low central velocity dispersion with increasing profiles towards the outskirts, and the discovery of one Kinematically Decoupled Core. |
| title | Triaxial Schwarzschild Models of Brightest Cluster Galaxies with Long-Slit LBT Data |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.01827 |