Fundamental plane: dark matter and dissipation contributions

TL;DR

This paper investigates how dark matter and dissipational processes influence the scaling relations of stellar and galactic systems using the two-component virial theorem across diverse astrophysical objects.

Contribution

It introduces a framework incorporating dark-to-luminous density ratios and dissipation effects to explain the origin of observed scaling relations.

Findings

Dark-to-luminous density ratio is key in scaling relations.

Dissipational effects relate to the distribution of objects in parameter space.

Dark matter and dissipation both contribute to the structure of astrophysical systems.

Abstract

Stellar and galactic systems are objects in dynamical equilibrium that are composed of ordinary baryonic matter hypothetically embedded in extended dominant dark matter halos. Our aim is to investigate the scaling relations and dissipational features of these objects over a wide range of their properties, taking the dynamical influence of the dark matter component into account. We study the physical properties of these self-gravitating systems using the two-component virial theorem in conjunction with data that embrace a wide range of astrophysical systems. We find that the scaling relations defined by the properties of these objects admit a dark-to-luminous density ratio parameter as a natural requirement in this framework. We also probe dissipational effects on the fundamental surface defined by the two-component virial theorem and discuss their relations with respect to the region devoid of objects in the data distribution. Our results indicate complementary contributions of dissipation and dark matter to the orign of scaling relations in astrophysical systems.