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LMC中的吸积SMC星族

A Population of Accreted SMC Stars in the LMC

Knut A. G. Olsen, Dennis Zaritsky, Robert D. Blum, Martha L. Boyer, Karl D. Gordon

摘要:

我们提出了一个分析的恒星运动学的大麦云云的基础上~5900新的和现有的速度的大质量红超巨星,富氧和富碳AGB星,和其他巨人。在校正了LMC空间运动的视线速度并考虑到AGB种群中的不对称漂移后,我们得出了一条与所有使用的示踪剂以及已发表的HI数据一致的旋转曲线。在半径R_0=2.4+/-0.1 kpc之外,旋转曲线的振幅为v_0=87+/-5 km s^-1,节点运动线的位置角为theta=142度+/-5度。通过检查拟合的异常值,我们确定了376颗恒星,占样本的>~5%,它们的视线速度显然与大麦哲伦星系盘的旋转方向相反。我们发现这些运动学上不同的恒星要么在与LMC盘紧密对齐的平面内反向旋转,要么在与LMC盘相同的方向上旋转,但在与LMC倾斜54度+/- 2度的平面内旋转。它们的运动学清楚地将它们与两个已知的HI臂联系起来,这两个HI臂先前被解释为从LMC中拉出。我们测量的Ca三线的~1000 LMC场星和30颗恒星的运动学不同的人口的金属丰度。对于LMC场,我们发现中值[Fe/H]=-0.56 +/- 0.02,色散为0.5 dex,而对于运动学上不同的恒星,中值[Fe/H]为-1.25 +/- 0.13,色散为0.7 dex。金属丰度的差异提供了强有力的证据,运动学上不同的人口起源于SMC。这种解释的结果是,与恒星运动学相关的HI臂很可能落入LMC,而不是被拉出来。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of the stellar kinematics of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on ~5900 new and existing velocities of massive red supergiants, oxygen-rich and carbon-rich AGB stars, and other giants. After correcting the line-of-sight velocities for the LMC's space motion and accounting for asymmetric drift in the AGB population, we derive a rotation curve that is consistent with all of the tracers used, as well as that of published HI data. The amplitude of the rotation curve is v_0=87+/-5 km s^-1 beyond a radius R_0=2.4+/-0.1 kpc, and has a position angle of the kinematic line of nodes of theta=142 degrees +/-5 degrees. By examining the outliers from our fits, we identify a population of 376 stars, or >~5% of our sample, that have line-of-sight velocities that apparently oppose the sense of rotation of the LMC disk. We find that these kinematically distinct stars are either counter-rotating in a plane closely aligned with the LMC disk, or rotating in the same sense as the LMC disk, but in a plane that is inclined by 54 degrees +/- 2 degrees to the LMC. Their kinematics clearly link them to two known HI arms, which have previously been interpreted as being pulled out from the LMC. We measure metallicities from the Ca triplet lines of ~1000 LMC field stars and 30 stars in the kinematically distinct population. For the LMC field, we find a median [Fe/H]=-0.56 +/- 0.02 with dispersion of 0.5 dex, while for the kinematically distinct stars the median [Fe/H] is -1.25 +/- 0.13 with a dispersion of 0.7 dex. The metallicity differences provide strong evidence that the kinematically distinct population originated in the SMC. This interpretation has the consequence that the HI arms kinematically associated with the stars are likely falling into the LMC, instead of being pulled out.

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