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潮汐对Local Group空间结构的影响

Tidal Effects on the Spatial Structure of the Local Group

Stefano Pasetto, Cesare Chiosi

摘要:

星系在本星系群中的空间分布是本星系群形成机制及其成员与外部大质量星系或星系群之间引力相互作用的足迹。最近,Pasetto & Chiosi(2007)基于当前的位置和距离数据,使用LG所有成员(不仅是MW和M31的卫星)的空间分布的3D几何描述,发现所有星系(MW,M31,它们的卫星,甚至最远的物体)都被限制在大约200 kpc厚的板内。研究外部星系或星系群如何通过引力影响(并最终改变)LG的平面结构(及其时间演化),他们发现外力平行于几何学确定的平面作用,并用最小作用量原理研究了这一点。在本文中,我们深入研究了外部星系或星系群对LG星系(特别是最遥远的矮星)的潮汐力在塑造它们的大尺度分布中所起的作用。这一想法基于众所周知的潮汐相互作用效应,根据这一效应,质点系不仅可以经历潮汐剥离,而且可以经历潮汐压缩,从而变得更平坦。除了与MW和M31紧密结合的矮星系外,相同的潮汐力可以解释其余矮星系的平面分布。我们分析恢复Pasetto & Chiosi(2007)的结果,并证明LG矮星系的平面分布与外力场是相容的。我们还强调了这一结果的物理原因。

英文摘要:

The spatial distribution of galaxies in the Local Group (LG) is the footprint of its formation mechanism and the gravitational interactions among its members and the external massive galaxies or galaxy groups. Recently, Pasetto & Chiosi (2007), using a 3D-geometrical description of the spatial distribution of all the members of the LG (not only the satellites of the MW and M31) based on present-day data on positions and distances, found that all galaxies (MW, M31, their satellites, and even the most distant objects) are confined within a slab of about 200 kpc thickness. Examining how external galaxies or groups would gravitationally affect (and eventually alter) the planar structure (and its temporal evolution) of the LG, they found that the external force field acts parallel to the plane determined by geometry and studied this with the Least Action Principle. In this paper, we have thoroughly investigated the role played by the tidal forces exerted by external galaxies or galaxy groups on the LG galaxies (the most distant dwarfs in particular) in shaping their large scale distribution. The idea based on the well known effect of tidal interactions, according to which a system of mass-points can undergo not only tidal stripping but also tidal compression and thus become flatter. Excluding the dwarf galaxies tightly bound to the MW and M31, the same tidal forces can account for the planar distribution of the remaining dwarf galaxies. We analytically recover the results of Pasetto & Chiosi (2007) and prove that a planar distribution of the LG dwarf galaxies is compatible with the external force field. We also highlight the physical cause of this result.

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