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星系晕对大麦云云的全天动力学响应

All-Sky Dynamical Response of the Galactic Halo to the Large Magellanic Cloud

Charlie Conroy, Rohan P. Naidu, Nicolas Garavito-Camargo, Gurtina Besla, Dennis Zaritsky, Ana Bonaca, Benjamin D. Johnson

摘要:

大麦云云(LMC)与银河系的恒星晕和暗物质晕之间的引力相互作用将引起外银河系的不平衡现象。据预测,一个局部的尾流将跟踪LMC的轨道,而大规模的超密度预计将存在于银河系北半球的大面积区域。在这里,我们提出的检测本地尾流和北超密度(以下简称“集体响应”)的银河系的全天星图的基础上,1301颗恒星在60<R_gal<100 kpc。尾流的位置是在良好的协议与N体模拟,包括银河系晕上的LMC的动力学效应。尾流的密度对比度和集体响应在数据中都比在模拟中强。探测到强烈的局部尾流是麦哲伦云第一次绕银河系运行的独立证据。尾流跟踪LMC的路径,这将提供对LMC轨道的洞察,这反过来又是对LMC和银河系质量的敏感探测器。这些数据表明,外晕并不像人们通常认为的那样处于动力学平衡状态。尾流的形态和强度可以用来测试暗物质和重力的性质。

英文摘要:

Gravitational interactions between the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the stellar and dark matter halo of the Milky Way are expected to give rise to disequilibrium phenomena in the outer Milky Way. A local wake is predicted to trail the orbit of the LMC, while a large-scale over-density is predicted to exist across a large area of the northern Galactic hemisphere. Here we present the detection of both the local wake and Northern over-density (hereafter the "collective response") in an all-sky star map of the Galaxy based on 1301 stars at 60<R_gal<100 kpc. The location of the wake is in good agreement with an N-body simulation that includes the dynamical effect of the LMC on the Milky Way halo. The density contrast of the wake and collective response are both stronger in the data than in the simulation. The detection of a strong local wake is independent evidence that the Magellanic Clouds are on their first orbit around the Milky Way. The wake traces the path of the LMC, which will provide insight into the orbit of the LMC, which in turn is a sensitive probe of the mass of the LMC and the Milky Way. These data demonstrate that the outer halo is not in dynamical equilibrium, as is often assumed. The morphology and strength of the wake could be used to test the nature of dark matter and gravity.

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