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沿大麦云云短轴的恒星密度分布

Stellar density distribution along the minor axis of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Andrés E. Piatti

摘要:

利用华盛顿MT 1测光仪,研究了大麦云(LMC)短轴西半部分年轻恒星和年老恒星的空间分布。我们发现,这两个恒星星族共享一个平均的LMC极限半径为8.9+-0.4 kpc;老的人口密度是年轻人口的三倍,在LMC限制。当比较这一结果与最近的值为LMC延长由于北方,老年人口导致显着更长的比年轻的。考虑到以前的说法,最外面的LMC区域的伸长可能是由于银河系(MW)的潮汐效应,我们的研究结果表明,这样的潮汐相互作用不应该发生在最近。年轻人口的存在,在最外层的西部地区也支持以前的结果冲压压力剥离效应的LMC气体盘由于运动的MW晕的LMC。

英文摘要:

We studied the spatial distribution of young and old stellar populations along the western half part of the minor axis of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using Washington MT1 photometry of selected fields, which span a deprojected distance range from the LMC bar centre out to ~ 31.6 kpc. We found that both stellar populations share a mean LMC limiting radius of 8.9+-0.4 kpc; old populations are three times more dense that young populations at that LMC limit. When comparing this result with recent values for the LMC extension due to north, the old populations resulted significantly more elongated than the young ones. Bearing in mind previous claims that the elongation of the outermost LMC regions may be due to the tidal effects of the Milky Way (MW), our findings suggest that such a tidal interaction should not have taken place recently. The existence of young populations in the outermost western regions also supports previous results about ram pressure stripping effects of the LMC gaseous disc due to the motion of the LMC in the MW halo.

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