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分级模型中银河系外恒星晕的集合

Assembly of the outer Galactic stellar halo in the hierarchical model

Giuseppe Murante, Eva Poglio, Anna Curir, Alvaro Villalobos

摘要:

我们提供了一套数值N体模拟研究外银河系的恒星晕通过吸积事件的形成。在模拟了暗物质晕和逆轨道卫星晕与暗物质主晕的小合并后,我们分析了卫星星在自转速度分布中留下的信号。其目的是探索的轨道条件下,逆行信号的外部部分的晕,为了给一个可能的解释所观察到的银河系恒星晕的旋转特性。结果表明,对于质量大于主晕$\sim 1/40$的逆行卫星,动力学摩擦对不同轨道产生的最终速度分布的组合起着基础性作用,并且在低倾角轨道上运行的逆行卫星在外晕区沉积了更多的恒星,因此可以产生外晕中观察到的反向旋转行为.

英文摘要:

We provide a set of numerical N-body simulations for studying the formation of the outer Milky Ways's stellar halo through accretion events. After simulating minor mergers of prograde and retrograde orbiting satellite halo with a Dark Matter main halo, we analyze the signal left by satellite stars in the rotation velocity distribution. The aim is to explore the orbital conditions where a retrograde signal in the outer part of the halo can be obtained, in order to give a possible explanation of the observed rotational properties of the Milky Way stellar halo. Our results show that, for satellites more massive than $\sim 1/40$ of the main halo, the dynamical friction has a fundamental role in assembling the final velocity distributions resulting from different orbits and that retrograde satellites moving on low inclination orbits deposit more stars in the outer halo regions end therefore can produce the counter-rotating behavior observed in the outer Milky Way halo.

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