Auriga Streams III: the mass-metallicity relation does not rule out tidal mass loss in Local Group satellites
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| author | Riley, Alexander H. Bieri, Rebekka Deason, Alis J. Shipp, Nora Simpson, Christine M. Fragkoudi, Francesca Gómez, Facundo A. Grand, Robert J. J. Marinacci, Federico |
| author_facet | Riley, Alexander H. Bieri, Rebekka Deason, Alis J. Shipp, Nora Simpson, Christine M. Fragkoudi, Francesca Gómez, Facundo A. Grand, Robert J. J. Marinacci, Federico |
| contents | The mass-metallicity relation is a fundamental galaxy scaling law that has been extended to the faintest systems in the Local Group. We show that the small scatter in this relation, which has been used to argue against tidal mass loss in Local Group satellites, is consistent with the level of disruption in the Auriga simulations. For every accreted system in Auriga, we compute stellar masses and metallicities two ways: considering the total system (bound + lost material) and only considering the progenitor. Accreted systems in Auriga have a tight relation between total stellar mass and metallicity, with scatter at a fixed stellar mass driven by age. When only considering the progenitor, the tidally evolved mass-metallicity relation has similar scatter ($\sim$0.27 dex) as observed for the Local Group satellites ($\sim$0.23 dex). Satellites that lie above the relation have experienced substantial mass loss and typically have low metallicity for their total stellar mass. Even satellites that fall exactly on the evolved relation can lose over half of their stellar mass. Only satellites substantially below the evolved relation are reliably intact. Based on their offset from the observed relation, we predict which Milky Way and M31 satellites have tidal tails waiting to be discovered. |
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| spellingShingle | Auriga Streams III: the mass-metallicity relation does not rule out tidal mass loss in Local Group satellites Riley, Alexander H. Bieri, Rebekka Deason, Alis J. Shipp, Nora Simpson, Christine M. Fragkoudi, Francesca Gómez, Facundo A. Grand, Robert J. J. Marinacci, Federico Astrophysics of Galaxies The mass-metallicity relation is a fundamental galaxy scaling law that has been extended to the faintest systems in the Local Group. We show that the small scatter in this relation, which has been used to argue against tidal mass loss in Local Group satellites, is consistent with the level of disruption in the Auriga simulations. For every accreted system in Auriga, we compute stellar masses and metallicities two ways: considering the total system (bound + lost material) and only considering the progenitor. Accreted systems in Auriga have a tight relation between total stellar mass and metallicity, with scatter at a fixed stellar mass driven by age. When only considering the progenitor, the tidally evolved mass-metallicity relation has similar scatter ($\sim$0.27 dex) as observed for the Local Group satellites ($\sim$0.23 dex). Satellites that lie above the relation have experienced substantial mass loss and typically have low metallicity for their total stellar mass. Even satellites that fall exactly on the evolved relation can lose over half of their stellar mass. Only satellites substantially below the evolved relation are reliably intact. Based on their offset from the observed relation, we predict which Milky Way and M31 satellites have tidal tails waiting to be discovered. |
| title | Auriga Streams III: the mass-metallicity relation does not rule out tidal mass loss in Local Group satellites |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06859 |