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麦哲伦星系的运动学结构

Kinematical Structure of the Magellanic System

Roeland P. van der Marel, Nitya Kallivayalil, Gurtina Besla

摘要:

我们回顾了我们对LMC和SMC运动学的理解,以及它们围绕银河系的轨道。视线的速度场的LMC和SMC已被映射与高精度使用数千个离散的轨迹,以及HI气体。LMC是一个旋转盘,其视角已经使用各种方法很好地建立。圆盘在圆盘平面上是椭圆形的。圆盘厚度根据示踪剂的数量而变化,从最老的到最年轻的数量,V/sigma的范围为2-10。对于SMC,旧的恒星星族居住在一个球状分布具有相当大的视线深度和低V/sigma。年轻的恒星和HI气体存在于一个更不规则的旋转盘中。基于运动学的质量估计表明,每个云都嵌入在黑暗的光环中。HST的自行测量表明,这两个星系在银河系周围的运动速度比以前认为的要快得多。这表明,对于一个典型的10^12太阳质量的银河系,云只是第一次经过我们。虽然银河系的质量越大,它的轨道就越有约束力,但这个轨道仍然与先前在麦哲伦流模型中所假设的轨道有很大的不同。因此,我们对麦哲伦星系的历史和麦哲伦流的形成的理解可能需要修改。自行数据的准确性不足以说明LMC和SMC是否彼此绑定,但绑定轨道确实存在于自行误差椭圆内。

英文摘要:

We review our understanding of the kinematics of the LMC and the SMC, and their orbit around the Milky Way. The line-of-sight velocity fields of both the LMC and SMC have been mapped with high accuracy using thousands of discrete traces, as well as HI gas. The LMC is a rotating disk for which the viewing angles have been well-established using various methods. The disk is elliptical in its disk plane. The disk thickness varies depending on the tracer population, with V/sigma ranging from 2-10 from the oldest to the youngest population. For the SMC, the old stellar population resides in a spheroidal distribution with considerable line-of-sight depth and low V/sigma. Young stars and HI gas reside in a more irregular rotating disk. Mass estimates based on the kinematics indicate that each Cloud is embedded in a dark halo. Proper motion measurements with HST show that both galaxies move significantly more rapidly around the Milky Way than previously believed. This indicates that for a canonical 10^12 solar mass Milky Way the Clouds are only passing by us for the first time. Although a higher Milky Way mass yields a bound orbit, this orbit is still very different from what has been previously assumed in models of the Magellanic Stream. Hence, much of our understanding of the history of the Magellanic System and the formation of the Magellanic Stream may need to be revised. The accuracy of the proper motion data is insufficient to say whether or not the LMC and SMC are bound to each other, but bound orbits do exist within the proper motion error ellipse.

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