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人马座恒星潮汐流中三轴Milky Way暗物质晕的证据

Evidence for a Triaxial Milky Way Dark Matter Halo from the Sagittarius Stellar Tidal Stream

David R. Law, Steven R. Majewski, Kathryn V. Johnston

摘要:

观测人马座矮椭球体(Sgr dSph)的破坏所产生的漫长潮汐流,能够对银河系引力势的形状提供强有力的约束。然而,以前的工作,基于不同的流属性在轴对称银河系模型的建模产生了相互矛盾的结果:虽然角进动的Sgr领先的手臂是最一致的球形或略扁的晕,在这个手臂的恒星的径向速度只再现长晕模型。我们证明,这个明显的悖论可以解决,而不是采用三轴潜力。我们的新的星系晕模型,同时适合所有完善的相空间的限制,从Sgr流,提供了第一个确凿的证据,和试探性的测量,在一个单独的暗物质晕的三轴性。在~ 60 kpc范围内的银河系晕的最佳特征是等速线的短轴/长轴比c/a ~ 0.67,中轴/长轴比b/a ~ 0.83,三轴度参数T ~ 0.56。在这个模型中,暗晕的短轴与连接太阳和银河系中心的银河系X轴重合,在15度以内,而长轴也位于银河系平面内,大约沿着银河系Y轴。

英文摘要:

Observations of the lengthy tidal streams produced by the destruction of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr dSph) are capable of providing strong constraints on the shape of the Galactic gravitational potential. However, previous work, based on modeling different stream properties in axisymmetric Galactic models has yielded conflicting results: while the angular precession of the Sgr leading arm is most consistent with a spherical or slightly oblate halo, the radial velocities of stars in this arm are only reproduced by prolate halo models. We demonstrate that this apparent paradox can be resolved by instead adopting a triaxial potential. Our new Galactic halo model, which simultaneously fits all well-established phase space constraints from the Sgr stream, provides the first conclusive evidence for, and tentative measurement of, triaxiality in an individual dark matter halo. The Milky Way halo within ~ 60 kpc is best characterized by a minor/major axis ratio of the isovelocity contours c/a ~ 0.67, intermediate/major axis ratio b/a ~ 0.83, and triaxiality parameter T ~ 0.56. In this model, the minor axis of the dark halo is coincident with the Galactic X axis connecting the Sun and the Galactic Center to within ~ 15 degrees, while the major axis also lies in the Galactic plane, approximately along the Galactic Y axis.

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