Multiple Beads-on-a-string: Dark Matter-Deficient Galaxy Formation in a Mini-bullet Satellite-satellite Galaxy Collision

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Main Authors: Lee, Joohyun, Shin, Eun-jin, Kim, Ji-hoon, Shapiro, Paul R., Chung, Eunwoo
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author Lee, Joohyun
Shin, Eun-jin
Kim, Ji-hoon
Shapiro, Paul R.
Chung, Eunwoo
author_facet Lee, Joohyun
Shin, Eun-jin
Kim, Ji-hoon
Shapiro, Paul R.
Chung, Eunwoo
contents Dark matter-deficient galaxies (DMDGs) discovered in the survey of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), in apparent conflict with standard CDM, may be produced by high-velocity galaxy-galaxy collisions, the $\textit{Mini-bullet}$ scenario. Recent observations of an aligned trail of $7-11$ UDGs near NGC1052, including DMDGs DF2 and DF4, suggesting a common formation event, $\sim8.9\pm1.5$ Gyr ago, provide a test. Hydro/N-body simulations, supplemented by galaxy orbit integrations, demonstrate that satellite-satellite collisions outside the host-galaxy virial radius can reproduce the observed UDGs in the NGC1052 group. A trail of $\sim10$ DMDGs is shown to form, including two massive ones that replicate the observed motions of DF2 and DF4. The linear relation, $v=Ax+v_{0}$, conjectured previously to relate positions ($x$) and velocities ($v$) of the aligned DMDGs as a signature of the collision event, is approximately obeyed, but individual DMDGs can deviate significantly from it. The progenitors whose collision spawned the trail of DMDGs survive the collision without, themselves, becoming DMDGs. We predict one progenitor is located at the end of the trail, testable by observing the difference between its stars, formed pre-collision, from those of the DMDGs, formed post-collision. By contrast, stellar ages and metallicities of the DMDGs are nearly identical. We further offer a hint that the tidal field of host NGC1052 may contribute to making DMDGs diffuse. $Λ$CDM simulation in a 100 cMpc box finds our required initial conditions $\sim10$ times at $z<3$. These results indicate current observations are consistent with the $\textit{Mini-bullet}$ scenario.
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spellingShingle Multiple Beads-on-a-string: Dark Matter-Deficient Galaxy Formation in a Mini-bullet Satellite-satellite Galaxy Collision
Lee, Joohyun
Shin, Eun-jin
Kim, Ji-hoon
Shapiro, Paul R.
Chung, Eunwoo
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Dark matter-deficient galaxies (DMDGs) discovered in the survey of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs), in apparent conflict with standard CDM, may be produced by high-velocity galaxy-galaxy collisions, the $\textit{Mini-bullet}$ scenario. Recent observations of an aligned trail of $7-11$ UDGs near NGC1052, including DMDGs DF2 and DF4, suggesting a common formation event, $\sim8.9\pm1.5$ Gyr ago, provide a test. Hydro/N-body simulations, supplemented by galaxy orbit integrations, demonstrate that satellite-satellite collisions outside the host-galaxy virial radius can reproduce the observed UDGs in the NGC1052 group. A trail of $\sim10$ DMDGs is shown to form, including two massive ones that replicate the observed motions of DF2 and DF4. The linear relation, $v=Ax+v_{0}$, conjectured previously to relate positions ($x$) and velocities ($v$) of the aligned DMDGs as a signature of the collision event, is approximately obeyed, but individual DMDGs can deviate significantly from it. The progenitors whose collision spawned the trail of DMDGs survive the collision without, themselves, becoming DMDGs. We predict one progenitor is located at the end of the trail, testable by observing the difference between its stars, formed pre-collision, from those of the DMDGs, formed post-collision. By contrast, stellar ages and metallicities of the DMDGs are nearly identical. We further offer a hint that the tidal field of host NGC1052 may contribute to making DMDGs diffuse. $Λ$CDM simulation in a 100 cMpc box finds our required initial conditions $\sim10$ times at $z<3$. These results indicate current observations are consistent with the $\textit{Mini-bullet}$ scenario.
title Multiple Beads-on-a-string: Dark Matter-Deficient Galaxy Formation in a Mini-bullet Satellite-satellite Galaxy Collision
topic Astrophysics of Galaxies
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.11350