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由潮汐相互作用在M31和M33之间形成巨大的HI桥

Formation of a giant HI bridge between M31 and M33 from their tidal interaction

Kenji Bekki

摘要:

最近的观测发现了一个巨大的HI桥,似乎连接着M31和M33的外晕区域。我们提出这个HI桥可以形成的结果,过去的相互作用的M31和M33之间的基础上的测试粒子模拟与不同的轨道的M31和M33的最后~ 9 Gyr。结果表明,M31和M33在4-8 Gyr前的强潮汐相互作用可以剥离M33中的HI气体,在M31周围形成HI流,如果将其投射到天空中,可以观察到HI桥。我们表明,模型再现所观察到的桥的HI分布的数量分数仅为~0.01%(即,在~10^5个模型中约为10个),因此表明HI桥的观测结构和运动学可以对M31和M33过去的轨道产生一些约束。我们认为,在M33中观察到的外部HI翘曲可能是过去M31-M33相互作用的化石证据。我们还认为,最近在M31中发现的一些高速云(HVC)可能是来自M33的HI气体。我们简要地讨论了其他可能的情况下形成的HI桥。

英文摘要:

Recent observations have discovered a giant HI bridge that appears to connect between the outer halo regions of M31 and M33. We propose that this HI bridge can be formed as a result of the past interaction between M31 and M33 based on test particle simulations with different orbits of M31 and M33 for the last ~ 9 Gyr. We show that strong tidal interaction between M31 and M33 about 4-8 Gyr ago can strip HI gas from M33 to form HI streams around M31 which can be observed as a HI bridge if they are projected onto the sky. We show that the number fraction of models reproducing well the observed HI distribution of the bridge is only ~0.01% (i.e., ~10 among ~10^5 models) and thus suggest that the observed structure and kinematics of the HI bridge can give some constraints on the past orbits of M31 and M33. We suggest that the observed outer HI warp in M33 could be fossil evidence for the past M31-M33 interaction. We also suggest that some of high velocity clouds (HVCs) recently found in M31 could be HI gas originating from M33. We briefly discuss other possible scenarios for the formation of the HI bridge.

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