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外潮汐场中准弛豫恒星系统的性质

Properties of quasi-relaxed stellar systems in an external tidal field

A. L. Varri, G. Bertin

摘要:

在以前的论文中,我们已经构建了一个家庭的自洽三轴模型的准放松恒星系统,形状的潮汐场的主办星系,作为一个著名的球形国王模型的扩展。对于给定的潮场,模型具有两个物理尺度(总质量和中心速度弥散)和两个无量纲参数(浓度参数和潮汐强度)。当相应的球形King模型的截断半径是潮汐半径的量级时,发生了与球形对称性最显著的偏离,对于给定的潮汐强度,潮汐半径由最大浓度值确定。对于这种最大扩展(或“临界”)模型,外边界通常具有三轴形状,由相关雅可比积分的零速度表面给出,这基本上与浓度参数无关。反过来,外部潮汐场可以引起显着的全球偏离球对称性(如测量,例如,由恒星系统的质量分布的四极),只有低浓度的模型,允许的最大值的潮汐强度可以相对较高。在本文中,我们详细描述了模型的内在结构和预测结构以及运动学,涵盖了整个参数空间,从亚临界(特征是相关罗氏体积的“未填充”)到临界模型的情况。内禀性质可以是一个有用的起点,数值模拟和其他调查,需要初始化的恒星系统的动力学平衡。投影的性质是与观测到的球状星团和其他候选恒星系统进行比较的关键一步。

英文摘要:

In a previous paper, we have constructed a family of self-consistent triaxial models of quasi-relaxed stellar systems, shaped by the tidal field of the hosting galaxy, as an extension of the well-known spherical King models. For a given tidal field, the models are characterized by two physical scales (such as total mass and central velocity dispersion) and two dimensionless parameters (the concentration parameter and the tidal strength). The most significant departure from spherical symmetry occurs when the truncation radius of the corresponding spherical King model is of the order of the tidal radius, which, for a given tidal strength, is set by the maximum concentration value admitted. For such maximally extended (or "critical") models the outer boundary has a generally triaxial shape, given by the zero-velocity surface of the relevant Jacobi integral, which is basically independent of the concentration parameter. In turn, the external tidal field can give rise to significant global departures from spherical symmetry (as measured, for example, by the quadrupole of the mass distribution of the stellar system) only for low-concentration models, for which the allowed maximal value of the tidal strength can be relatively high. In this paper we describe in detail the intrinsic and the projected structure and kinematics of the models, covering the entire parameter space, from the case of sub-critical (characterized by "underfilling" of the relevant Roche volume) to that of critical models. The intrinsic properties can be a useful starting point for numerical simulations and other investigations that require initialization of a stellar system in dynamical equilibrium. The projected properties are a key step in the direction of a comparison with observed globular clusters and other candidate stellar systems.

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