Journal article
Simultaneous ram pressure and tidal stripping; how dwarf spheroidals lost their gas
Abstract
We perform high-resolution N-body+SPH (smoothed particle hydrodynamics) simulations of gas-rich dwarf galaxy satellites orbiting within a Milky Way-sized halo and study for the first time the combined effects of tides and ram pressure. The structure of the galaxy models and the orbital configurations are chosen in accordance with those expected in a Lambda cold dark matter (ΛCDM) universe. While tidal stirring of disky dwarfs produces objects …
Authors
Mayer L; Mastropietro C; Wadsley J; Stadel J; Moore B
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 369, No. 3, pp. 1021–1038
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
July 1, 2006
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10403.x
ISSN
0035-8711