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三轴恒星系统的一种不稳定性

An Instability in Triaxial Stellar Systems

Fabio Antonini, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta, David Merritt

摘要:

径向轨道不稳定性是一种集体现象,迄今为止只在球形系统中观察到。我们发现,这种不稳定性也发生在三轴系统中,我们检查进行广泛的N-体模拟的初始条件是通过采样一个自洽的三轴模型的尖状星系组成的发光和暗物质。N体模拟显示星系的时间演化不是由于混沌运动的发展,而是由于过量的盒状轨道引起的集体不稳定性。这种不稳定性很快将这些模型转变为更长的配置,对于暗晕为0.64<b/a<0.77和0.6<c/a<0.7,对于发光物质为0.64<b/a<0.77和0.59<c/a<0.67。当径向偏置轨道对解的贡献减少时,得到稳定的三轴尖状星系和暗物质晕。这些结果构成了三轴星系模型中径向轨道不稳定性的第一个证据。

英文摘要:

The radial-orbit instability is a collective phenomenon that has heretofore only been observed in spherical systems. We find that this instability occurs also in triaxial systems, as we checked by performing extensive N-body simulations whose initial conditions were obtained by sampling a self-consistent triaxial model of a cuspy galaxy composed of luminous and dark matter. N-body simulations show a time evolution of the galaxy that is not due to the development of chaotic motions but, rather, to the collective instability induced by an excess of box-like orbits. The instability quickly transforms such models into a more prolate configuration, with 0.64<b/a<0.77 and 0.6<c/a<0.7 for the dark halo and 0.64<b/a<0.77 and 0.59<c/a<0.67 for the luminous matter. Stable triaxial, cuspy galaxies with dark matter halos are obtained when the contribution of radially-biased orbits to the solution is reduced. These results constitute the first evidence of the radial-orbit instability in triaxial galaxy models.

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