Milky Way矮卫星是作为一个整体进入光环的吗?
Did the Milky Way dwarf satellites enter the halo as a group?
摘要:
本星系群中的矮卫星星系通常被认为是在暗物质下晕中的宿主,这些暗物质在落入宿主晕的过程中幸存下来。最近有人认为,如果大多数卫星是集体而不是单独进入银河系晕的,这可以解释其卫星分布的空间和动力学特性。这样的星系群被认为是在附近宇宙中发现的矮星系团。在本文中,我们解决的问题是否在这样的协会星系可以是银河系卫星星系的祖先。我们发现矮星系协比解释银河系和仙女座卫星星系盘状分布所需的要扩展得多。我们进一步确定了一个可能的小行星结构,垂直于超星系平面,矮协会位于其中,这可能与银河系卫星的祖先星系的下落方向有关,如果它们是潮汐起源的。
英文摘要:
The dwarf satellite galaxies in the Local Group are generally considered to be hosted in dark matter subhalos that survived the disruptive processes during infall onto their host halos. It has recently been argued that if the majority of satellites entered the Milky Way halo in a group rather than individually, this could explain the spatial and dynamical peculiarities of its satellite distribution. Such groups were identified as dwarf galaxy associations that are found in the nearby Universe. In this paper we address the question whether galaxies in such associations can be the progenitors of the Milky Way satellite galaxies. We find that the dwarf associations are much more extended than would be required to explain the disk-like distribution of the Milky Way and Andromeda satellite galaxies. We further identify a possible minor filamentary structure, perpendicular to the supergalactic plane, in which the dwarf associations are located, that might be related to the direction of infall of a progenitor galaxy of the Milky Way satellites, if they are of tidal origin.
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