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アンドロメダ銀河の中心から外れた2つのリングの起源として,ほぼ正面衝突です
D L Block1, F Bournaud, F Combes
1Anglo American Cosmic Dust Laboratory, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, South Africa. block@cam.wits.ac.za
Nature
|October 20, 2006
まとめ
アンドロメダ銀河 (M31) には2つの塵の輪があり,これは,2億1000万年前の同伴銀河,おそらくM32との過去の正面衝突を示唆しています. この出来事は,私たちの最も近い渦巻きの隣人を形を変えました.
科学分野:
- 銀河のダイナミクス
- 銀河系外天文学とは
- 銀河系進化の進化について
背景:
- アンドロメダ銀河 (Messier 31) は,外側の恒星形成環と歪んだ円盤を含む異常な形状を示しています.
- これらの特徴は,これまで考えられていたよりダイナミックな過去を示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- アンドロメダ銀河の異常な形状の起源を調査する.
- M31.1.で観測された塵と恒星形成環の原因を特定するためです.
主な方法:
- アンドロメダの観測データを分析した.
- 銀河の相互作用の数値シミュレーション.
主要な成果:
- アンドロメダ (1.5 x 1 kpc) の第二の,内側の塵のリングを発見した.
- 両方のリングは密度波として解釈されます.
- シミュレーションによると,これらのリングは,同伴銀河がM31の円盤を通過した結果である.
結論:
- アンドロメダ銀河は,同伴銀河,おそらくM32.2との正面衝突を経験しました.
- この銀河の衝突は,約2億1000万年前,ローカルグループの中で起こった.
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