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邻近旋涡星系恒星潮汐流的初步观测

A pilot survey of stellar tidal streams in nearby spiral galaxies

David Martinez-Delgado, R. Jay Gabany, Jorge Penarrubia, Hans-Walter Rix, Steven R. Majewski, Ignacio Trujillo, M. Pohlen

摘要:

在星系形成的等级框架内,合并和潮汐相互作用预计会塑造今天的大星系。虽然目前大的合并相当罕见,但小的合并和卫星分裂-导致恒星流-应该是常见的,并且确实在银河系和仙女座星系中都可以看到。作为一项试点研究,我们对局部体积中的一些螺旋星系进行了超深,宽视场成像,以前所未有的细节揭示了这种恒星潮汐流的外部视图,数据是在小型机器人望远镜(0.1-0.5米)上拍摄的,提供了精致的表面亮度灵敏度。该项目的目标是对恒星潮汐流进行第一次系统而全面的成像调查,从15 Mpc范围内的约50个邻近的银河系样旋涡星系中取样,其表面亮度灵敏度为约30 mag/arcsec ^[2]。调查将对这些潮汐流的入射角、大小/几何形状和恒星光度/质量分布进行估计。这不仅将我们的银河系和M31放在背景中,而且还首次提供了广泛的统计基础,用于与最先进的自洽宇宙学模拟进行比较。

英文摘要:

Within the hierarchical framework for galaxy formation, merging and tidal interactions are expected to shape large galaxies to this day. While major mergers are quite rare at present, minor mergers and satellite disruptions - which result in stellar streams - should be common, and are indeed seen in both the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. As a pilot study, we have carried out ultra-deep, wide-field imaging of some spiral galaxies in the Local Volume, which has revealed external views of such stellar tidal streams at unprecedented detail, with data taken at small robotic telescopes (0.1-0.5-meter) that provide exquisite surface brightness sensitivity. The goal of this project is to undertake the first systematic and comprehensive imaging survey of stellar tidal streams, from a sample of ~50 nearby Milky-Way-like spiral galaxies within 15 Mpc, that features a surface brightness sensitivity of ~ 30 mag/arcsec^2 The survey will result in estimates of the incidence, size/geometry and stellar luminosity/mass distribution of such streams. This will not only put our Milky Way and M31 in context but, for the first time, also provide an extensive statistical basis for comparison with state-of-the-art, self-consistent cosmological simulations of this phenomenon.

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