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两条尾巴的故事:从模拟到奇特矮星系NGC 1427 A形成的见解

A tale of two tails: insights from simulations into the formation of the peculiar dwarf galaxy NGC 1427A

Michele Mastropietro, Sven De Rijcke, Reynier Peletier

摘要:

本文描述了天炉座星系团中箭形矮不规则星系NGC 1427 A的形成和形态。这个星系显示出有趣的恒星和气体尾巴指向不同的方向,在文献中已经提出了替代但不是决定性的形成方案。我们进行了N-体/SPH模拟矮星系落入模型的天炉座星系团,表现出一个鲤鱼般的外观,而经历冲压压力剥离。我们注意到,我们的一些模型显示出与NGC 1427 A相似的有趣尾部形态。通过这种方式,可以使用恒星和中性气体光度学和运动学与观测结果非常一致的模型来研究NGC 1427 A的特殊结构,而不需要调用与附近星系的相互作用。多亏了尾巴,我们可以确定星系暴露这种结构的要求,并评估星系在星系团中的可能位置和速度。这就限制了星系的轨道,它在星系团中的位置以及它通过近心点的时间。根据我们建模后识别的快照的统计数据,我们发现星系最有可能的位置是在星团中心前方约200 kpc,以相对于视线方向约50度的速度角向星团行进。这一分析可以在未来的星系团中的类似星系的观测,以确定它们在星系团中的位置和速度以及它们的形成。

英文摘要:

We present a scenario for the formation and the morphology of the arrow-shaped dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1427A in the Fornax Cluster. This galaxy shows intriguing stellar and gaseous tails pointing in different directions for which alternative but not conclusive formation scenarios have been proposed in the literature. We performed N-body/SPH simulations of dwarf galaxies falling into a model of the Fornax cluster, exhibiting a jellyfish-like appearance while undergoing ram-pressure stripping. We noted that some of our models show interesting tail morphologies similar to that of NGC 1427A. In this way, the peculiar NGC 1427A structure can be studied using models whose stellar and neutral gas photometry and kinematics are in good agreement with the observed ones, without the need of invoking an interaction with a nearby galaxy. Thanks to the tails, we can identify the requirements for a galaxy to expose such a structure and assess the possible position and velocity of the galaxy in the cluster. This puts constraints on the orbit of the galaxy, its position in the cluster and the time since its pericentre passage. From the statistics of identified snapshots following our modelling, we found that the most likely position of the galaxy is around 200 kpc in front of the cluster centre, travelling towards the cluster with a velocity angle with respect to the line-of-sight direction of around 50 deg. This analysis can be useful in future observations of similar galaxies in clusters to characterise their position and velocity in the cluster and their formation.

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