Dark matter in elliptical galaxies: Prospects for WFOS/TMT

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

Cote, P (Author) Other; Peng, EW (Author) Other; J. Brinchmann (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Vol. 1

Pages: 187-191

ISSN: 1743-9213

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-007-PZ1

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921306000469

Abstract (EN): The amount and spatial distribution of dark matter in elliptical galaxies are poorly known, despite extensive observations with multi-object spectrographs on 4-10m-class telescopes. We examine the prospects for measuring the structure of dark matter halos in elliptical galaxies - and the orbital properties of their planetary nebula and globular cluster systems - from radial velocity measurements made with WFOS, a wide-field optical spectrograph operating on the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). © 2006 International Astronomical Union.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific