Journal article
The gravitational and hydrodynamical interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Galaxy
Abstract
We use high-resolution N-body/smoothed particle hydrodynamic simulations to study the hydrodynamical and gravitational interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Milky Way Galaxy. We model the dark and hot extended halo components as well as the stellar/gaseous discs of the two galaxies. Both galaxies are embedded in extended cuspy ΛCDM dark matter haloes. We follow the previous 4 Gyr of the LMC's orbit such that it ends up …
Authors
Mastropietro C; Moore B; Mayer L; Wadsley J; Stadel J
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 363, No. 2, pp. 509–520
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
October 21, 2005
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09435.x
ISSN
0035-8711