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Andromeda Galaxy及其卫星的亚结构和潮流

Substructure and Tidal Streams in the Andromeda Galaxy and its Satellites

Annette M. N. Ferguson, A. D. Mackey

摘要:

来自现存和已被摧毁的卫星星系的潮汐流聚集在仙女座星系(M31)的外部区域。这种不均匀的碎片可以在没有困扰银河系研究的许多障碍的情况下进行研究。本文回顾了M31及其主要卫星星系的潮汐流研究历史。我们强调了在M31周围观测到的众多潮汐流,其中一些位于距离该星系中心高达120 kpc的投影距离处。最值得注意的是巨大的恒星流,这是M31系统最近发生的重大吸积事件的标志。这一事件涉及到一个大约10 ^9太阳质量的早期类型的祖先,它在大约10亿年前来到M31中心的几千秒差距内;几乎所有的M31内晕碎片(50千秒差距以内)都可以直接或间接地与这一事件联系起来。我们提请注意的事实,大多数M31的外晕球状星团优先位于潮汐流和讨论的潜力,这提供了使用这些系统作为探针的吸积历史。本文还评述了M33、M32、NGC 205和NGC 147的潮汐特征。最后,我们讨论这一领域的未来前景。

英文摘要:

Tidal streams from existing and destroyed satellite galaxies populate the outer regions of the Andromeda galaxy (M31). This inhomogeneous debris can be studied without many of the obstacles that plague Milky Way research. We review the history of tidal stream research in M31, and in its main satellite galaxies. We highlight the numerous tidal streams observed around M31, some of which reside at projected distances of up to 120 kpc from the center of this galaxy. Most notable is the Giant Stellar Stream, a signature of the most recent significant accretion event in the M31 system. This event involved an early-type progenitor of ~10^9 solar masses that came within a few kpc of M31's center roughly a gigayear ago; almost all of the inner halo debris (within 50 kpc) in M31 can be tied either directly or indirectly to this event. We draw attention to the fact that most of M31's outer halo globular clusters lie preferentially on tidal streams and discuss the potential this offers to use these systems as probes of the accretion history. Tidal features observed around M33, M32, NGC 205 and NGC 147 are also reviewed. We conclude by discussing future prospects for this field.

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