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盘状矮星系的潮汐演化:逆轨道与逆行轨道

Tidal evolution of disky dwarf galaxies: prograde versus retrograde orbits

Ewa L. Lokas, Marcin Semczuk

摘要:

本星系群中的矮球状星系是由盘状祖先星系通过与更大的宿主星系的潮汐相互作用形成的,这是它们起源的最有希望的方案之一。使用N体模拟,我们研究的过程中,以下的演化盘状矮星绕银河系一样的主机。我们着重研究了矮星系盘角动量相对于轨道角动量的取向对角动量的影响。我们发现一个强大的依赖性的效率的转换从一个磁盘上的磁盘取向的球体。这种效应在正倒轨道上最强,在正倒轨道上最弱。在这种情况下,恒星组成部分形成一个强大的酒吧,并保持长轴,直到演化结束,而它的旋转很快被恒星的随机运动所取代。在逆行的情况下,矮星仍然是扁球形,不形成一个酒吧和失去旋转非常缓慢。我们的研究结果表明,共振效应是最重要的机制,而潮汐冲击起着次要的作用。

英文摘要:

The formation of dwarf spheroidal galaxies in the Local Group from disky progenitors via tidal interaction with a bigger host is one of the most promising scenarios of their origin. Using N-body simulations we study the process by following the evolution of a disky dwarf orbiting a Milky Way-like host. We focus on the effect of the orientation of the dwarf galaxy disk's angular momentum with respect to the orbital one. We find a strong dependence of the efficiency of the transformation from a disk to a spheroid on the disk orientation. The effect is strongest for the exactly prograde and weakest for the exactly retrograde orbit. In the prograde case the stellar component forms a strong bar and remains prolate until the end of the evolution, while its rotation is very quickly replaced by random motions of the stars. In the retrograde case the dwarf remains oblate, does not form a bar and loses rotation very slowly. Our results suggest that resonant effects are the most important mechanism underlying the evolution while tidal shocking plays only a minor role.

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