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arXiv 2003.12577astro-ph.GA
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人马座矮星对Milky Way恒星形成历史的周期性影响

The recurrent impact of the Sagittarius dwarf on the Milky Way star formation history

Tomás Ruiz-Lara, Carme Gallart, Edouard J. Bernard, Santi Cassisi

摘要:

卫星轨道盘星系可以诱导相空间特征,如螺旋,垂直加热和相混合在其光盘。在我们自己的银河系中也观察到了这样的特征,但由于盖亚DR 2数据,银河系盘的复杂性最近才被完全绘制出来。这种复杂的行为主要归因于人马座矮星系(Sgr)沿其轨道引起的反复扰动,这颗卫星是银河系圆盘的主要动力学建筑师。在这里,我们模型盖亚DR 2观测到的颜色星等图,以获得第一个详细的恒星形成历史的~ 2-kpc泡沫周围的太阳。它揭示了三个明显而狭窄的恒星形成增强事件,我们可以精确地确定它们发生在5.7,1.9和1 Gyr之前。有趣的是,这些事件的时间与根据i)轨道模拟,ii)银河系盘中的相空间特征和iii)Sgr恒星内容提出的Sgr近心点通道相吻合。这些发现很可能表明,Sgr在银河系盘恒星质量的积累中也是一个重要的演员,它的扰动反复触发恒星形成的主要事件。

英文摘要:

Satellites orbiting disc galaxies can induce phase space features such as spirality, vertical heating and phase-mixing in their discs. Such features have also been observed in our own Galaxy, but the complexity of the Milky Way disc has only recently been fully mapped thanks to Gaia DR2 data. This complex behaviour is mainly ascribed to repeated perturbations induced by the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (Sgr) along its orbit, pointing to this satellite as the main dynamical architect of the Milky Way disc. Here, we model Gaia DR2 observed colour-magnitude diagrams to obtain the first detailed star formation history of the ~ 2-kpc bubble around the Sun. It reveals three conspicuous and narrow episodes of enhanced star formation that we can precisely date as having occurred 5.7, 1.9 and 1 Gyr ago. Interestingly, the timing of these episodes coincides with proposed Sgr pericentre passages according to i) orbit simulations, ii) phase space features in the Galactic disc, and iii) Sgr stellar content. These findings most likely suggest that Sgr has also been an important actor in the build-up of the Milky Way disc stellar mass, with its perturbations repeatedly triggering major episodes of star formation.

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