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通过对大麦云云的线性响应约束Milky Way晕运动学

Constraining the Milky Way halo kinematics via its Linear Response to the Large Magellanic Cloud

Simon Rozier, Benoit Famaey, Arnaud Siebert, Giacomo Monari, Christophe Pichon, Rodrigo Ibata

摘要:

利用线性响应理论的矩阵方法模拟了球形、非旋转的银河系暗物质和恒星晕对大麦云云的响应。我们的计算再现了模拟暗晕响应的主要特征。我们发现,这些功能可以很好地分离的谐波分解:大规模的过/欠密度的晕(与其反射运动)对应的$\ell=1$条款,和局部的密度过高的$\ell\geq2$多极。此外,暗晕的响应主要是由一阶“强迫”项,与自引力的影响很小。这使得它很难约束的暗晕使用所观察到的恒星晕的响应的基础速度分布,但它允许我们调查的各种速度各向异性的恒星晕模型的响应:一个切向(分别径向)晕产生一个浅(分别强)的响应。我们还表明,只有当地的唤醒是负责这些变化,反射运动是完全依赖于MW潜力。因此,我们确定的结构(取向和绕组)的平面内四极($m=2$)的响应作为一个潜在的好探针的恒星晕各向异性。最后,我们的方法允许我们尝试性地将尾流强度和形状与共振效应联系起来:强径向响应可能与内部Lindblad共振有关,弱切向响应与共转有关。

英文摘要:

We model the response of spherical, non-rotating Milky Way (MW) dark matter and stellar halos to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using the matrix method of linear response theory. Our computations reproduce the main features of the dark halo response from simulations. We show that these features can be well separated by a harmonic decomposition: the large scale over/underdensity in the halo (associated with its reflex motion) corresponds to the $\ell=1$ terms, and the local overdensity to the $\ell\geq2$ multipoles. Moreover, the dark halo response is largely dominated by the first order 'forcing' term, with little influence from self-gravity. This makes it difficult to constrain the underlying velocity distribution of the dark halo using the observed response of the stellar halo, but it allows us to investigate the response of stellar halo models with various velocity anisotropies: a tangential (respectively radial) halo produces a shallower (respectively stronger) response. We also show that only the local wake is responsible for these variations, the reflex motion being solely dependent on the MW potential. Therefore, we identify the structure (orientation and winding) of the in-plane quadrupolar ($m=2$) response as a potentially good probe of the stellar halo anisotropy. Finally, our method allows us to tentatively relate the wake strength and shape to resonant effects: the strong radial response could be associated with the inner Lindblad resonance, and the weak tangential one with corotation.

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