Matteo Barnabè, Aaron A. Dutton, Philip J. Marshall, Matthew W. Auger, Brendon J. Brewer, Tommaso Treu, Adam S. Bolton, David C. Koo, Léon V. E. Koopmans
We construct a fully self-consistent mass model for the lens galaxy J2141 at
z=0.14, and use it to improve on previous studies by modelling its
gravitational lensing effect, gas rotation curve and stellar kinematics
simultaneously. We adopt a very flexible axisymmetric mass model constituted by
a generalized NFW dark matter halo and a stellar mass distribution obtained by
deprojecting the MGE fit to the high-resolution K'-band LGSAO imaging data of
the galaxy, with the (spatially constant) M/L ratio as a free parameter. We
model the stellar kinematics by solving the anisotropic Jeans equations. We
find that the inner logarithmic slope of the dark halo is weakly constrained
(gamma = 0.82^{+0.65}_{-0.54}), and consistent with an unmodified NFW profile.
We infer the galaxy to have (i) a dark matter fraction within 2.2 disk radii of
0.28^{+0.15}_{-0.10}, independent of the galaxy stellar population, implying a
maximal disk for J2141; (ii) an apparently uncontracted dark matter halo, with
concentration c_{-2} = 7.7_{-2.5}^{+4.2} and virial velocity v_{vir} =
242_{-39}^{+44} km/s, consistent with LCDM predictions; (iii) a slightly oblate
halo (q_h = 0.75^{+0.27}_{-0.16}), consistent with predictions from
baryon-affected models. Comparing the stellar mass inferred from the combined
analysis (log_{10} Mstar/Msun = 11.12_{-0.09}^{+0.05}) with that inferred from
SPS modelling of the galaxies colours, and accounting for a cold gas fraction
of 20+/-10%, we determine a preference for a Chabrier IMF over Salpeter IMF by
a Bayes factor of 5.7 (substantial evidence). We infer a value beta_{z} = 1 -
sigma^2_{z}/sigma^2_{R} = 0.43_{-0.11}^{+0.08} for the orbital anisotropy
parameter in the meridional plane, in agreement with most studies of local disk
galaxies, and ruling out at 99% CL that the dynamics of this system can be
described by a two-integral distribution function. [Abridged]
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http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.1692
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