Understanding the hydrodynamical processes and conditions at the interface between the Magellanic Stream (MS) and the Galactic halo is critical to understanding the MS and by extension, gaseous tails in other interacting galaxies. These processes operate on relatively small scales and not only help shape this clumpy stream, but also affect the neutral gas dynamics and transfer of mass from the stream to the halo, thus affecting metal enrichment and gas replenishment of the Galaxy. We describe an observational program to place constraints on these processes through high-resolution measurements of HI emission, HI absorption and Halpha emission with unprecedented sensitivity. Methods will include structural analysis, searching for cold gas cores in clumps and analyzing gas kinematics as it transitions to the halo. The latter method includes sophisticated spatial integration techniques to deeply probe the neutral gas, which we apply to a new HI map obtained from the Green Bank Telescope with the highest sensitivity HI observations of the MS to date. We demonstrate that the integration techniques enhance sensitivity even further, thus allowing detection of apparent MS gas components with density approaching that of the Galactic halo.
Clouds, Streams and Bridges. Redrawing the blueprint of the Magellanic System with Gaia DR1
我们目前发现恒星潮汐尾周围的大,小麦哲伦云的盖亚DR1数据。在星云之间,它们的潮汐臂彼此相向伸展,形成一个几乎连续的恒星桥。我们的分析依赖于盖亚测光表的精致质量,以建立详细的星云恒星计数图。我们证明,盖亚DR 1数据可以用来检测整个天空的变星,特别是RR天琴座恒星和周围的LMC和SMC。此外,我们使用盖亚和大风的组合,以遵循年轻的主序列恒星在麦哲伦星系的分布。在盖娅看来,这些云显示出相互作用的明确无误的迹象。在LMC周围,可以观察到远至20度的RR天琴座团块,这与Deason et al(2016)报道的最新Mira类恒星地图一致。SMC的外部恒星密度轮廓显示出典型的S形,这是潮汐剥离开始的征兆。在距离矮星中心几度之外,盖亚RR型天琴座恒星沿着星云的拖曳臂向大麦哲伦星云延伸。这个由天琴座RR号绘制的恒星潮汐尾并不与气态的麦哲伦桥对齐,而是从杨主序星桥偏移了大约5度。我们使用桥之间的偏移量来限制银河系热气日冕的密度。
Discovery of O stars in the tidal Magellanic Bridge: Stellar parameters, abundances, and feedback of the nearest metal-poor massive stars and their implication for the Magellanic System ecology
Discovery of Magellanic Stellar Debris in the H3 Survey
我们报告发现的15颗恒星在H3的调查,谎言,在投影,附近的末端的尾随气态麦哲伦流(MS)。这些恒星的银心速度为$< -155$ km s $^{-1}$,银心距离为$\approx 40$至80 kpc(沿MS增加),[Fe/H]与小麦哲伦星云中的恒星一致。这15颗恒星包含了94%(16颗中的15颗)的H3观测到的恒星,它们的$R_{GAL} > 37.5$ kpc,$-$ 350 km s $^{-1} < V_{GSR} < -155$ km s $^{-1}$,并且与人马座流无关。它们代表了银河系外晕相空间分布函数的一个独特部分,并证实了即使在H3只包括几百颗恒星的半径处也可以检测到非松弛结构。由于他们的统计过剩,他们在同一地区的MS和H I致密云的密切联系,无论是在位置和速度空间,和他们的可信对应潮汐碎片在已发表的模拟,我们确定这些恒星的碎片过去麦哲伦云遇到。这些恒星是远离云本身的潮汐碎片场的恒星组成部分的证据,并提供了独特的相互作用的限制。
大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云(LMC/SMC)是银河系中距离最近的主要卫星星系。它们很可能是第一次在向我们银河系坠落的轨道上通过(Besla et al. 2007),并追踪本星系群的持续动态(D 'Onghia & Fox 2016)。最近对大麦哲伦星系高质量的测量(M_halo = 10^(11.1-11.4)太阳质量; Penarrubia et al. 2016,Erkal et al. 2018,2019,Kallivayalil et al. 2018)意味着大麦哲伦星系应该有一个麦哲伦日冕:维里温度(10^(5.3-5.5)K)的碰撞电离的温热气体晕,最初延伸到维里半径(100-130 kpc)。这样的日冕将塑造麦哲伦流的形成(Lucchini et al. 2020),这是一种在天空中延伸超过200度的潮汐气体结构(D 'Onghia & Fox 2016,Besla et al. 2012,Nidever et al. 2010),将贫金属气体带入银河系(Fox et al. 2014)。之前没有发表过这样一个扩展日冕的观测证据,只报道了直接朝向LMC方向的高度电离气体的探测,LMC盘的风可能占主导地位(deBoer & Savage 1980,Wakker et al. 1998)。在这里,我们展示了麦哲伦日冕的证据,它可以直接探测到高电离氧(O^+5),也可以通过氚…
Warm Ionized Gas Revealed in the Magellanic Bridge Tidal Remnant: Constraining the Baryon Content and the Escaping Ionizing Photons around Dwarf Galaxies
FAST Observations of Filamentary and Compact H I Structure in a Magellanic Stream IV Field
Department of Astronomy, Xiamen University(厦门大学天文系);Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Firenze(佛罗伦萨大学物理与天文学系);INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri(意大利国家天体物理研究所阿切特里天文台);New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University(清华大学天文系新基石科学实验室);State Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台射电天文与技术重点实验室);Department of Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学天文系)
Tracing the Hidden Molecular Gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOFIA and APEX
Universidad de Concepción(康塞普西翁大学);Millennium Nucleus for Galaxies (MINGAL)(星系千年核(MINGAL));Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik(马克斯·普朗克地外物理研究所);Universidad de Chile(智利大学);University of Maryland(马里兰大学);Joint Space-Science Institute(联合空间科学研究所);Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie(马克斯·普朗克射电天文学研究所);Universidad de La Serena(拉塞雷纳大学);Caltech Owens Valley Radio Observatory(加州理工学院欧文斯谷无线电天文台);Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)(波茨坦阿斯特诺物理莱布尼茨研究所(AIP));Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Universität zu Köln(科隆大学)
The Milky Way's million degree gaseous halo contains a considerable amount of mass that, depending on its structural properties, can be a significant mass component. In order to analyze the structure of the Galactic halo , we use XMM-Newton Reflection Grating Spectrometer archival data and measure OVII K alpha absorption-line strengths toward 26 active galactic nuclei, LMC X-3, and two Galactic sources (4U 1820-30 and X1735-444). We assume a beta-model as the underlying gas density profile and find best-fit parameters of n_o = 0.46^{+0.74}_{-0.35} cm^-3, r_c = 0.35^{+0.29}_{-0.27} kpc, and bet…