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关于银盘上垂直action的守恒

On the conservation of the vertical action on galactic disks

Carlos Vera-Ciro, Elena D'Onghia

摘要:

我们采用高分辨率的N体模拟孤立的螺旋星系模型,从低振幅,多臂星系银河系般的磁盘,估计在轴对称的潜在的恒星合奏的垂直动作。在多臂星系中,低振幅的臂代表了势能的微小扰动,因此一组恒星的垂直作用是守恒的,尽管经过几个轨道周期的旋转后,守恒性显着降低。对于一个具有强烈螺旋活动和棒形成的类银河星系,我们的结果表明,潜在的是远离稳定的,这意味着行动不是一个运动常数。此外,由于存在高振幅的手臂和酒吧,相当大的面内和垂直加热发生,迫使恒星偏离近圆轨道,降低的程度,在其中的行动是保守的个别恒星,在协议与以前的结果,但也为恒星的合奏。如果得到证实,这个结果有几个含义,包括断言我们银河系的厚盘是由恒星的径向迁移形成的,假设描述恒星垂直运动的作用守恒。

英文摘要:

We employ high-resolution N-body simulations of isolated spiral galaxy models, from low-amplitude, multi-armed galaxies to Milky Way-like disks, to estimate the vertical action of ensembles of stars in an axisymmetric potential. In the multi-armed galaxy the low-amplitude arms represent tiny perturbations of the potential, hence the vertical action for a set of stars is conserved, although after several orbital periods of revolution the conservation degrades significantly. For a Milky Way-like galaxy with vigorous spiral activity and the formation of a bar, our results show that the potential is far from steady, implying that the action is not a constant of motion. Furthermore, because of the presence of high-amplitude arms and the bar, considerable in-plane and vertical heating occurs that forces stars to deviate from near-circular orbits, reducing the degree at which the actions are conserved for individual stars, in agreement with previous results, but also for ensembles of stars. If confirmed, this result has several implications, including the assertion that the thick disk of our Galaxy forms by radial migration of stars, under the assumption of the conservation of the action describing the vertical motion of stars.

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