scholarly journals Measuring the Mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud with Stellar Streams Observed by S 5

2021 ◽  
Vol 923 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Nora Shipp ◽  
Denis Erkal ◽  
Alex Drlica-Wagner ◽  
Ting S. Li ◽  
Andrew B. Pace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Approximation ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Dynamical Models ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Approach Distance ◽  
Stellar Streams ◽  
Consistent Picture ◽  
Energy Survey ◽  
Approach Time

Abstract Stellar streams are excellent probes of the underlying gravitational potential in which they evolve. In this work, we fit dynamical models to five streams in the Southern Galactic hemisphere, combining observations from the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S 5), Gaia EDR3, and the Dark Energy Survey, to measure the mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). With an ensemble of streams, we find a mass of the LMC ranging from ∼14–19 × 1010 M ⊙, probed over a range of closest approach times and distances. With the most constraining stream (Orphan–Chenab), we measure an LMC mass of 18.8 − 4.0 + 3.5 × 10 10 M ⊙ , probed at a closest approach time of 310 Myr and a closest approach distance of 25.4 kpc. This mass is compatible with previous measurements, showing that a consistent picture is emerging of the LMC’s influence on structures in the Milky Way. Using this sample of streams, we find that the LMC’s effect depends on the relative orientation of the stream and LMC at their point of closest approach. To better understand this, we present a simple model based on the impulse approximation and we show that the LMC’s effect depends both on the magnitude of the velocity kick imparted to the stream and the direction of this kick.

scholarly journals Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 862 (2) ◽  
pp. 114 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Shipp ◽  
A. Drlica-Wagner ◽  
E. Balbinot ◽  
P. Ferguson ◽  
D. Erkal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Stellar Streams ◽  
Energy Survey

The Dark Energy Survey: perspectives for resolved stellar population studies

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S262) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
Basílio Santiago ◽  
Brian Yanny
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Photometric Measurements ◽  
Tidal Tails ◽  
Energy Survey

AbstractThe Dark Energy Survey (DES) will cover 5000 sq. deg. in grizY filters. Although its main goals are related to cosmology, it will yield photometric measurements of over 108 stars, most of them belonging to the Galaxy. DES will increase the sampling depth of very low-luminosity stellar and sub-stellar species, such as white, red, and brown dwarfs, by a factor of several as compared to SDSS. The structure of the Galactic halo, including its complex sub-structures caused by accretion remnants and globular cluster tidal tails, will also be probed and analyzed. DES will also allow comparison of star counts between Northern and Southern Galactic hemispheres to unprecedented detail. Finally, a significant sample of stars in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) will be studied, providing new light into the debate about the existence of an LMC spheroidal component. These, among other important research goals attainable with the DES stellar data, are discussed in this contribution.

scholarly journals Proper Motions of Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 885 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Shipp ◽  
T. S. Li ◽  
A. B. Pace ◽  
D. Erkal ◽  
A. Drlica-Wagner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Energy ◽  
Proper Motions ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Stellar Streams ◽  
Energy Survey

scholarly journals Reflex motion in the Milky Way stellar halo resulting from the Large Magellanic Cloud infall

2020 ◽  
Vol 494 (1) ◽  
pp. L11-L16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S Petersen ◽  
Jorge Peñarrubia
Keyword(s):  
Milky Way ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Centre Of Mass ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Disc Centre ◽  
Stellar Streams ◽  
Stellar Halo ◽  
Lyrae Stars

ABSTRACT We present the results of N-body models of the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud system and study the kinematic reflex motion in the stellar halo owing to the barycentre displacement of the disc. In agreement with previous studies, we find that the Milky Way disc may be moving at 40 $\, {\rm km~s^{-1}}$ relative to the barycentre prior to the Large Magellanic Cloud infall. The resulting reflex motion is visible in tangential velocities of the stellar halo as a simple dipole. The signal is strongest for stars with long dynamical times, identifiable in position-velocity data as stars with large apocentres, whose dynamical memory is still well represented by the unperturbed Milky Way potential. The signal varies across the sky depending on the stellar tracer and may be up to the same magnitude as the velocity of the disc centre of mass, making reflex motion a source of bias for Milky Way potential determinations based on the modelling of stellar streams and/or smooth halo tracers such as blue horizontal branch or RR Lyrae stars.

Distance to SN 1987A and the LMC

1999 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 549-554
Author(s):  
Nino Panagia
Keyword(s):  
Angular Size ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Distance Modulus ◽  
Absolute Size ◽  
Sn 1987A

Using the new reductions of the IUE light curves by Sonneborn et al. (1997) and an extensive set of HST images of SN 1987A we have repeated and improved Panagia et al. (1991) analysis to obtain a better determination of the distance to the supernova. In this way we have derived an absolute size of the ringRabs= (6.23 ± 0.08) x 1017cm and an angular sizeR″ = 808 ± 17 mas, which give a distance to the supernovad(SN1987A) = 51.4 ± 1.2 kpc and a distance modulusm–M(SN1987A) = 18.55 ± 0.05. Allowing for a displacement of SN 1987A position relative to the LMC center, the distance to the barycenter of the Large Magellanic Cloud is also estimated to bed(LMC) = 52.0±1.3 kpc, which corresponds to a distance modulus ofm–M(LMC) = 18.58±0.05.

Novae in the Magellanic Clouds

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
J.A. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spectroscopic Information ◽  
Objective Prism ◽  
The University ◽  
Small Cloud ◽  
Low Dispersion

During the past several years, a systematic search for novae in the Magellanic Clouds has been carried out at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The Curtis Schmidt telescope, on loan to CTIO from the University of Michigan is used to obtain plates every two weeks during the observing season. An objective prism is used on the telescope. This provides additional low-dispersion spectroscopic information when a nova is discovered. The plates cover an area of 5°x5°. One plate is sufficient to cover the Small Magellanic Cloud and four are taken of the Large Magellanic Cloud with an overlap so that the central bar is included on each plate. The methods used in the search have been described by Graham and Araya (1971). In the CTIO survey, 8 novae have been discovered in the Large Cloud but none in the Small Cloud. The survey was not carried out in 1974 or 1976. During 1974, one nova was discovered in the Small Cloud by MacConnell and Sanduleak (1974).

Five Mature Supernova Remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud

1998 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 1057-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Dickel ◽  
D. K. Milne
Keyword(s):  
Supernova Remnants ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud

Ultraviolet Spectral Classification of O and B Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud

1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 2856-2867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Smith Neubig ◽  
Frederick C. Bruhweiler
Keyword(s):  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Spectral Classification ◽  
B Stars

scholarly journals Molecules in the Magellanic Clouds

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 415-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. S. Booth ◽  
Th. De Graauw
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Molecular Clouds ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Giant Molecular Clouds ◽  
Interstellar Molecules ◽  
First Time ◽  
Excitation Conditions

In this short review we describe recent new observations of millimetre transitions of molecules in selected regions of the Magellanic Clouds. The observations were made using the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope, SEST, (Booth et al. 1989), the relatively high resolution of which facilitates, for the first time, observations of individual giant molecular clouds in the Magellanic Clouds. We have mapped the distribution of the emission from the two lowest rotational transitions of 12CO and 13CO and hence have derived excitation conditions for the molecule. In addition, we have observed several well-known interstellar molecules in the same regions, thus doubling the number of known molecules in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The fact that all the observations have been made under controlled conditions with the same telescope enables a reasonable intercomparison of the molecular column densities. In particular, we are able to observe the relative abundances among the different isotopically substituted species of CO.

scholarly journals Line observations of the 30-Dor complex and N159A5 with the MPE imaging NIR spectrometer FAST

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 205-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Krabbe ◽  
J. Storey ◽  
V. Rotaciuc ◽  
S. Drapatz ◽  
R. Genzel
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Emission Lines ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Max Planck ◽  
First Time ◽  
Infrared Array

Images with subarcsec spatial resolution in the light of near-infrared atomic (Bry) and molecular hydrogen H2 (S(1) v=1-0) emission lines were obtained for some extended, pointlike objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) for the first time. We used the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) near-infrared array spectrometer FAST (image scale 0.8”/pix, spectral resolving power 950) at the ESO/MPI 2.2m telescope, La Silla. We present some results on the 30-Dor complex and N159A5.

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