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曾经和未来的仙女座星流

The Once and Future Andromeda Stream

Masao Mori, R. Michael Rich

摘要:

利用高分辨率的N体$4\times10^7$粒子模拟方法,对仙女座星系(M31)与吸积卫星的相互作用进行了解析和数值研究。这是第一次,我们显示的磁盘,隆起,和暗物质晕的M31的吸积卫星的自引力响应。我们再现的流和壳在东部和西部侧的M31,通过以下的演变碰撞4 Gyr到未来,并表明,最近发现的扩散弧的南侧的短轴是一个类似的碰撞,发生3-4 Gyr早于流事件的残余。现今M31盘的完整性限制了卫星的质量为$M \leq 5\times10^9 M_\odot$。原来在卫星中心的恒星现在在东壳。因此,在这一区域的观测可能会揭示关于卫星性质的更多线索,例如中央核心和任何金属丰度梯度。

英文摘要:

The interaction between an accreting satellite and the Andromeda galaxy (M31) has been studied analytically and numerically, using a high-resolution N-body simulation with $4\times10^7$ particles. For the first time, we show the self-gravitating response of the disk, the bulge, and the dark matter halo of M31 to an accreting satellite. We reproduce the Stream and the shells at the East and West side of M31, by following the evolution of the collision 4 Gyr into the future, and show that recently discovered diffuse arcs on the south side of the minor axis are the remnants of a similar collision that occurred 3-4 Gyr earlier than the Stream event. The present day integrity of the M31 disk constrains the satellite mass to be $M \leq 5\times10^9 M_\odot$. The stars that were originally in the center of the satellite are now in the east shell. Therefore, observations in this region might reveal additional clues about the nature of satellite, such as the central core and any metallicity gradient.

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