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再论M31在麦哲伦云动力学史中的作用

Revisiting the Role of M31 in the Dynamical History of the Magellanic Clouds

Nitya Kallivayalil, Gurtina Besla, Robyn Sanderson, Charles Alcock

摘要:

我们研究了麦哲伦云的动力学模型的本地集团,其质量受到限制,使用的时间参数/两体极限的作用原理。我们的目标是评估M31在产生云的高角动量轨道中的作用,这一难题只会因最新的$HST$自行测量而加剧。我们研究了改变本星系群的总质量、银河系和M31的相对质量、M31的自行和大麦哲伦星系的自行对这个问题的影响。在这个参数空间的很大一部分上,我们发现来自M31的潮汐是微不足道的。当大麦哲伦星系自行的范围大约为$3σ$大于本星系群的平均质量和总质量$> 3.5\times 10^{12} M_\odot$时,M31可以为大麦哲伦星系轨道提供一个很大的扭矩。然而,如果LMC与MW结合,则发现M31对其运动的影响可以忽略不计,并且系统的高角动量的起源仍然是一个谜。最后,我们使用的时间参数来计算的总质量的MW-LMC系统的基础上,假设他们是第一次遇到对方,他们以前的近银河系是一个哈勃时间之前,获得$M_{\rm MW} + M_{\rm LMC} = (8.7 \pm 0.8) \times 10^{11} M_\odot$。

英文摘要:

We study the dynamics of the Magellanic Clouds in a model for the Local Group whose mass is constrained using the timing argument/two-body limit of the action principle. The goal is to evaluate the role of M31 in generating the high angular momentum orbit of the Clouds, a puzzle that has only been exacerbated by the latest $HST$ proper motion measurements. We study the effects of varying the total Local Group mass, the relative mass of the Milky Way and M31, the proper motion of M31, and the proper motion of the LMC on this problem. Over a large part of this parameter-space we find that tides from M31 are insignificant. For a range of LMC proper motions approximately $3σ$ higher than the mean and total Local Group mass $> 3.5\times 10^{12} M_\odot$, M31 can provide a significant torque to the LMC orbit. However, if the LMC is bound to the MW, then M31 is found to have negligible effect on its motion and the origin of the high angular momentum of the system remains a puzzle. Finally, we use the timing argument to calculate the total mass of the MW-LMC system based on the assumption that they are encountering each other for the first time, their previous perigalacticon being a Hubble time ago, obtaining $M_{\rm MW} + M_{\rm LMC} = (8.7 \pm 0.8) \times 10^{11} M_\odot$.

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