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确定银河系矮星的轨道

Determining orbits for the Milky Way's dwarfs

H. Lux, J. I. Read, G. Lake

摘要:

我们计算银河系矮星系的轨道与自行,并比较这些subhalo轨道在高分辨率的宇宙学模拟。我们使用相同的模拟来评估如何能够恢复轨道,在面对测量误差,随时间变化的三轴引力势,和卫星卫星之间的相互作用。我们发现,对于目前的测量不确定度,我们能够将远心r_a和近心r_p恢复到~ 40%。然而,即使有更好的数据,潜在的非球性和卫星在群体坠落期间的相互作用也使轨道恢复更具挑战性。动力学摩擦、卫星质量损失和主晕质量演化的影响较小。我们将我们的技术应用于9个银河系矮星观测自行。我们表明,他们的平均远心点是一致的最大规模的subhalos之前,形成z=10,贷款支持的想法,银河系矮星形成再电离。

英文摘要:

We calculate orbits for the Milky Way dwarf galaxies with proper motions, and compare these to subhalo orbits in a high resolution cosmological simulation. We use this same simulation to assess how well are able to recover orbits in the face of measurement errors, a time varying triaxial gravitational potential, and satellite-satellite interactions. We find that, for present measurement uncertainties, we are able to recover the apocentre r_a and pericentre r_p to ~ 40%. However, even with better data the non-sphericity of the potential and satellite interactions during group infall make the orbital recovery more challenging. Dynamical friction, satellite mass loss and the mass evolution of the main halo play a more minor role. We apply our technique to nine Milky Way dwarfs with observed proper motions. We show that their mean apocentre is consistent with the most massive subhalos that form before z=10, lending support to the idea that the Milky Way dwarfs formed before reionisation.

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