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A lensing view on the Fundamental Plane

Leier, Dominik

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2009, vol. 400, no. 2, p. 875-886

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    Title
    • A lensing view on the Fundamental Plane
    Author
    • Leier, Dominik. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Mönchhofstrasse 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:300042
    Summary
    For lensing galaxies, we introduce a formal velocity dispersion σlens, based on enclosed mass and the virial theorem. This is calculated from an ensemble of pixelated lens models, and found to be fairly model-independent. A sample of 18 well-known early-type lensing galaxies and two clusters is found to be consistent with σlens=σobs. Both the early-type lensing galaxies and the clusters can thus be determined as being virialized. In a second step, we calculate the I-band luminosity and the total mass content for the sample of lensing galaxies, which enables us to analyse the mass-to-light relation L∝Mα. We determine α= 0.70 ± 0.08, excluding constant M/L and consistent with previous studies of the Fundamental Plane. Additionally, we verify that this relation does not extrapolate to clusters, which have a much higher M/L. The sample used for this analysis comprises nine lensing galaxies from the Sloan Lens ACS (Advanced Camera for Surveys) Survey and another nine from the CfA-Arizona Space Telescope LEns Survey as well as the lensing clusters ACO 1689 and ACO 2667