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arXiv 2002.09497astro-ph.GA
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世界星河边缘

The Edge of the Galaxy

Alis J. Deason, Azadeh Fattahi, Carlos S. Frenk, Robert J. J. Grand, Kyle A. Oman, Shea Garrison-Kimmel, Christine M. Simpson, Julio F. Navarro

摘要:

我们使用孤立的银河系质量星系的宇宙学模拟,以及本地集团的类似物,以定义“边缘”-一个焦散表现在密度或径向速度下降-银河系大小的晕,无论是在暗物质和恒星。在暗物质中,我们通常识别出两种焦散线:最外面的焦散线位于约1.4r_200 m处,对应于“回溅”半径,第二焦散线位于约0.6r_200 m处,可能对应于已经完成至少两次近心通道的维里化物质的边缘。在两个星系的晕重叠的本星系群类型的环境中,回溅半径是不好定义的。然而,第二焦散线受伴星的影响较小,是一个更有用的定义银河系晕的边界。奇怪的是,恒星分布也有一个明确的焦散,在大多数情况下,与暗物质的第二焦散相吻合。这可以在径向密度和径向速度分布图中确定,在今后的观测方案中应该可以测量。最后,我们证明了第二焦散也可以在本星系群矮星系的相空间分布中找到。使用目前的矮星系人口,我们预测银河系晕的边缘是292 +/- 61千秒差距。

英文摘要:

We use cosmological simulations of isolated Milky Way-mass galaxies, as well as Local Group analogues, to define the "edge" -- a caustic manifested in a drop in density or radial velocity -- of Galactic-sized haloes, both in dark matter and in stars. In the dark matter, we typically identify two caustics: the outermost caustic located at ~1.4r_200m corresponding to the "splashback" radius, and a second caustic located at ~0.6r_200m which likely corresponds to the edge of the virialized material which has completed at least two pericentric passages. The splashback radius is ill defined in Local Group type environments where the halos of the two galaxies overlap. However, the second caustic is less affected by the presence of a companion, and is a more useful definition for the boundary of the Milky Way halo. Curiously, the stellar distribution also has a clearly defined caustic, which, in most cases, coincides with the second caustic of the dark matter. This can be identified in both radial density and radial velocity profiles, and should be measurable in future observational programmes. Finally, we show that the second caustic can also be identified in the phase-space distribution of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. Using the current dwarf galaxy population, we predict the edge of the Milky Way halo to be 292 +/- 61 kpc.

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