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OB星的分布和巨星运动对麦哲伦云相互作用的约束

Constraints on the Magellanic Clouds' Interaction from the Distribution of OB Stars and the Kinematics of Giants

Dana I. Casetti-Dinescu, Katherine Vieira, Terrence M. Girard, William F. van Altena

摘要:

年轻的,OB型候选人被确定在一个约7900平方度。大麦哲伦云和小麦哲伦云(LMC/SMC)的外围,桥,麦哲伦流(MS)和引导臂(LA)的一部分。选择是基于现有大面积调查的紫外,光学和红外测光和南方自行4目录(SPM 4)的自行。这些年轻候选星的空间分布表明:1)一个人口稠密的SMC翼,继续向西,有两个分支部分围绕SMC,2)一个相当狭窄的路径,从SMC翼向东到LMC,偏移1至2度。3)大麦哲伦星云外围人口稠密,在大麦哲伦星云棒的末端有大量恒星聚集; 4)MS中有一些分散的候选者,在银河平面上方和下方的LA区域有两个超密度。此外,自行分析的径向速度选定的样本的红巨星和超巨星的LMC,以前被证明是一个运动学和化学上不同的子群,最有可能从SMC捕获。这些恒星的自行也表明它们与LMC星群不同。这里提出的观测结果,结合已知的云的轨道,和LMC形态的其他方面,建议SMC和LMC的磁盘之间的偏离中心,中度到高度倾斜的碰撞,发生在1亿至2亿年前。

英文摘要:

Young, OB-type candidates are identified in a ~7900 sq-deg. region encompassing the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC/SMC) periphery, the Bridge, part of the Magellanic Stream (MS) and Leading Arm (LA). Selection is based on UV, optical and IR photometry from existing large-area surveys and proper motions from the Southern Proper Motion 4 catalog (SPM4). The spatial distribution of these young star candidates shows: 1) a well-populated SMC wing which continues westward with two branches partially surrounding the SMC, 2) a rather narrow path from the SMC wing eastward toward the LMC which is offset by 1 to 2 deg. from the high-density H I ridge in the Bridge, 3) a well-populated periphery of the LMC dominated by clumps of stars at the ends of the LMC bar and 4) a few scattered candidates in the MS and two overdensities in the LA regions above and below the Galactic plane. Additionally, a proper-motion analysis is made of a radial-velocity selected sample of red giants and supergiants in the LMC, previously shown to be a kinematically and chemically distinct subgroup, most likely captured from the SMC. SPM4 proper motions of these stars also indicate they are distinct from the LMC population. The observational results presented here, combined with the known orbits of the Clouds, and other aspects of the LMC morphology, suggest an off-center, moderate to highly-inclined collision between the SMC and the LMC's disk that took place between 100 and 200 Myr ago.

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