天文學中,速度離散(「σ」)是一群天體(如疏散星團球狀星團星系星系團超星系團速度離散程度。使用天體光譜學測量天體成員的視向速度可以測量出天體的速度離散,再由維里定理得到天體的質量。[1]通過測量天體譜線的都卜勒致寬效應得到視線速度。天體的視向速度測量得越多,其離散程度就越精確。中心速度離散指的是分散的天體(如星系或星系團)內部區域σ的離散程度。

在天文學中,天體的速度離散和物質(或由物質噴射的電磁輻射)之間的關係能以數種形式表達。例如,M-σ關係用於圍繞黑洞的物質質量計算,法貝爾-傑克遜關係用於橢圓星系銀河系超大質量黑洞的σ值約為75km/h。[2]仙女座星系M31)的超大質量黑洞比銀河系超大質量黑洞大10倍,它的σ值約為160km/s。[2]

星系群核星系團的速度離散範圍比小天體更寬。例如,我們所處的「貧」星系群——本星系群的σ值為61±8km/s。[3]但「富」星系群,如后髮座星系團,其σ值約為1000km/s。[4]特別地,后髮座星系群的矮橢圓星系有它們自己內部恆星的離散速度,σ值約為80km/s。[5]相比之下,普通的橢圓星系的σ值約為200km/s。[6]

對於漩渦星系來說,第一星族恆星的速度離散增長是一種漸進過程,多半是由隨機的動量改變導致的,這種動量改變被認為是獨立恆星與質量大於或約等於105 M星際塵和星際雲間的動態摩擦產生的。[7]正面漩渦星系的中心速度離散值大於或約等於90km/s,若是側向的漩渦星系,會稍微更大一點。[8]

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