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约束麦哲伦云的轨道历史:麦哲伦流潮汐起源提出的一种新的束缚方案

Constraining the orbital history of the Magellanic Clouds: A new bound scenario suggested by the tidal origin of the Magellanic Stream

Jonathan Diaz, Kenji Bekki

摘要:

传统上,束缚轨道被分配给大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云(分别为LMC和SMC),以提供麦哲伦流(MS)及其主导臂(LA)的形成情景,这两个突出的中性氢(HI)特征与LMC和SMC相连。然而,哈勃太空望远镜(HST)对大麦哲伦星系和小麦哲伦星系自行的测量对束缚轨道的可解释性提出了挑战,导致MS的起源再次成为一个有争议的问题。我们提出了一个新的潮汐模型,在该模型中,类似于分叉MS和细长LA的结构能够形成与HST自行一致的束缚轨道。在我们的模型中,尽管LMC和SMC分别与银河系绑定超过5 Gyr,但最近才保持相互绑定。我们发现,MS和LA是能够形成的LMC主导的潮汐剥离的结果在最近的动力学耦合的LMC和SMC。我们的轨道模型依赖于我们的假设,即银河系具有恒定的圆周速度V_cir=250 km/s,直到160 kpc,这意味着一个巨大的等温晕,并没有完全被观测拒绝。

英文摘要:

Bound orbits have traditionally been assigned to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, respectively) in order to provide a formation scenario for the Magellanic Stream (MS) and its Leading Arm (LA), two prominent neutral hydrogen (HI) features connected to the LMC and SMC. However, Hubble Space Telescope (HST) measurements of the proper motions of the LMC and SMC have challenged the plausibility of bound orbits, causing the origin of the MS to re-emerge as a contested issue. We present a new tidal model in which structures resembling the bifurcated MS and elongated LA are able to form in a bound orbit consistent with the HST proper motions. The LMC and SMC have remained bound to each other only recently in our model despite being separately bound to the Milky Way for more than 5 Gyr. We find that the MS and LA are able to form as a consequence of LMC-dominated tidal stripping during the recent dynamical coupling of the LMC and SMC. Our orbital model depends on our assumption that the Milky Way has a constant circular velocity of V_cir=250 km/s up to 160 kpc, which implies a massive isothermal halo that is not completely rejected by observations.

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