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人马座矮星系:三轴Milky Way晕演化的模型

The Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy: a Model for Evolution in a Triaxial Milky Way Halo

David R. Law, Steven R. Majewski

摘要:

我们提出了一个新的N-体模型的人马座(Sgr)矮星的潮汐破坏,能够同时满足大多数的角位置,距离和径向速度的限制,目前宽场调查的动态年轻(< 3 Gyr)潮汐碎片流。特别是,该模型解决了冲突的角位置和径向速度的限制,在Sgr的主导潮流,近年来一直强调。虽然该模型没有再现在主要碎片流中观察到的明显分叉,但最近的观测数据表明,这种分叉可能是对Sgr矮星内部性质的限制,而不是对其轨道细节的限制。该模型成功的关键是在银河系引力势中引入了非轴对称分量,它可以用半径为20 < r < 60 kpc的短/长轴比(c/a)_φ = 0.72,中/长轴比(b/a)_φ = 0.99的三轴暗物质晕来描述。这个晕的短轴/中轴/主轴分别沿着(l,b)=(7,0),(0,90)和(97,0)方向,对应于一个近扁椭圆体,其短轴包含在银盘平面内。我们证明,简单的假设,恒星形成的历史,Sgr,潮汐剥离模型自然会引起梯度的金属丰度分布函数(ESTA)沿恒星碎片流类似于最近的研究中观察到的。(节录)。

英文摘要:

We present a new N-body model for the tidal disruption of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf that is capable of simultaneously satisfying the majority of angular position, distance, and radial velocity constraints imposed by current wide-field surveys of its dynamically young (< 3 Gyr) tidal debris streams. In particular, this model resolves the conflicting angular position and radial velocity constraints on the Sgr leading tidal stream that have been highlighted in recent years. While the model does not reproduce the apparent bifurcation observed in the leading debris stream, recent observational data suggest that this bifurcation may represent a constraint on the internal properties of the Sgr dwarf rather than the details of its orbit. The key element in the success of this model is the introduction of a non-axisymmetric component to the Galactic gravitational potential which can be described in terms of a triaxial dark matter halo whose minor/major axis ratio (c/a)_Phi = 0.72 and intermediate/major axis ratio (b/a)_Phi = 0.99 at radii 20 < r < 60 kpc. The minor/intermediate/major axes of this halo lie along the directions (l, b) = (7, 0), (0, 90), and (97, 0) respectively, corresponding to a nearly-oblate ellipsoid whose minor axis is contained within the Galactic disk plane. We demonstrate that with simple assumptions about the star formation history of Sgr, tidal stripping models naturally give rise to gradients in the metallicity distribution function (MDF) along the stellar debris streams similar to those observed in recent studies. (Abridged).

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