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Neil G Ibata1, Rodrigo A Ibata2, Benoit Famaey2
1Lycée international des Pontonniers, 1 rue des Pontonniers, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.
Nature
|July 22, 2014
概括
围绕银河系和安德罗米达星系等星系的矮卫星星系通常在有组织的平面结构中发现. 这项研究揭示了这些连贯的卫星平面是常见的,并且在局部宇宙中具有显著的角动量.
科学领域:
- 银河系天文学 天文学
- 宇宙学的宇宙学是什么?
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 银河系和安德罗米达星系周围的矮卫星星系表现出意想不到的平面对齐.
- 当地群体的环境可能不代表其他银河系群体.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究平面卫星星系结构在更广泛的银河群体中的普遍性.
- 确定观察到的对齐和运动是否是本地集团特有的.
主要方法:
- 测量直径相反的卫星星系的速度.
- 分析卫星对速度的相关性到150千帕秒.
- 将更大规模的银河系环境映射到2兆帕塞克.
主要成果:
- 150千帕塞克以内的卫星对显示优先速度反相关性 (99.994%的信心).
- 距离2兆帕塞克的银河系环境沿着内部卫星对轴 (>7σ信心) 强烈聚集.
结论:
- 共同旋转的卫星星系的平面结构似乎无处不在,类似于安德罗米达周围的星系.
- 这些卫星平面的连贯运动表明,在千帕塞克尺度上,有大量的角动量储存库.
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