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矮球状星系的内禀椭圆率:来自仙女座星系的约束

The intrinsic ellipticity of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: constraints from the Andromeda system

Jean-Baptiste Salomon, Rodrigo Ibata, Nicolas Martin, Benoit Famaey

摘要:

我们提出了一个研究的内在deprojected椭圆率分布的卫星矮星系的仙女座星系,假设他们的可见组件有一个扁长的形状,这是一个自然的模拟结果。不同的可能性的长轴矮星系的方向进行测试,指向尽可能接近的径向方向对中心的仙女座,或切向的径向方向,或与一个随机的角度在平面上,包含长轴和观察者。我们发现,平均内轴比为~ 1/2,根据人口的假设方向的差异很小。我们的预测还表明,一个显着的部分,卫星,~ 10%,潮汐破坏的残余物。我们发现,没有证据表明,在仙女座周围的同向旋转星系的巨大薄平面的卫星和那些不属于这个结构的卫星之间的形态和主轴方向有任何明显的差异。

英文摘要:

We present a study of the intrinsic deprojected ellipticity distribution of the satellite dwarf galaxies of the Andromeda galaxy, assuming that their visible components have a prolate shape, which is a natural outcome of simulations. Different possibilities for the orientation of the major axis of the prolate dwarf galaxies are tested, pointing either as close as possible to the radial direction towards the centre of Andromeda, or tangential to the radial direction, or with a random angle in the plane that contains the major axis and the observer. We find that the mean intrinsic axis ratio is ~ 1/2, with small differences depending on the assumed orientation of the population. Our deprojections also suggest that a significant fraction of the satellites, ~ 10%, are tidally disrupted remnants. We find that there is no evidence of any obvious difference in the morphology and major axis orientation between satellites that belong to the vast thin plane of co-rotating galaxies around Andromeda and those that do not belong to this structure.

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