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潮汐诱导沙坝的轨道结构

The orbital structure of a tidally induced bar

Grzegorz Gajda, Ewa L. Lokas, E. Athanassoula

摘要:

轨道是任何密度分布的关键组成部分,它们的研究有助于我们了解星系的运动学结构和演化。在这里,我们调查的轨道在潮汐诱导酒吧的矮星系,使用$N$体模拟最初盘状的矮星系绕银河系一样的主机。在第一次近心通过后,在矮星的恒星成分中形成了潮汐诱导棒。酒吧的演变是不同于孤立的星系,我们的分析集中在它的前一段时间。我们研究的轨道在其主导频率,我们计算在笛卡尔坐标系旋转的酒吧。除了众所周知的x $_1$轨道外,我们还发现了许多其他类型的轨道,大多数都是具有不同程度伸长的方形形状。它们中的一些也是近周期性的,允许频率比为4/3、3/2和5/3。盒子轨道有不同程度的垂直厚度,但只有相对较小的一部分在边缘视图中具有香蕉(即微笑/皱眉)或无限符号形状。在正中心,我们还发现了从三轴椭球的势能中已知的轨道。轨道的伸长量随着离棒中心的距离而增长,这与密度分布形状的变化相一致。我们的轨道分类导致的结论是,其中超过$80 \%$有四方形的形状,而只有$8 \%$有经典的x $_1$轨道的形状。

英文摘要:

Orbits are the key building blocks of any density distribution and their study helps us understand the kinematical structure and the evolution of galaxies. Here we investigate orbits in a tidally induced bar of a dwarf galaxy, using an $N$-body simulation of an initially disky dwarf galaxy orbiting a Milky Way-like host. After the first pericenter passage, a tidally induced bar forms in the stellar component of the dwarf. The bar evolution is different than in isolated galaxies and our analysis focuses on the period before it buckles. We study the orbits in terms of their dominant frequencies, which we calculate in a Cartesian coordinate frame rotating with the bar. Apart from the well-known x$_1$ orbits we find many other types, mostly with boxy shapes of various degree of elongation. Some of them are also near-periodic, admitting frequency ratios of 4/3, 3/2 and 5/3. The box orbits have various degrees of vertical thickness but only a relatively small fraction of those have banana (i.e. smile/frown) or infinity-symbol shapes in the edge-on view. In the very center we also find orbits known from the potential of triaxial ellipsoids. The elongation of the orbits grows with distance from the center of the bar in agreement with the variation of the shape of the density distribution. Our classification of orbits leads to the conclusion that more than $80 \%$ of them have boxy shapes, while only $8 \%$ have shapes of classical x$_1$ orbits.

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