Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010dda....41.0507v&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DDA meeting #41, #5.07; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.930
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
One of the key predictions of Lambda-CDM cosmological simulations is that the dark matter halos of galaxies such as the Milky Way are prolate or triaxial. However simulations show that both the shapes and density profiles of dark matter halos can be dramatically altered by the condensation of baryons. I will describe how Laskar's Frequency mapping technique can be used to analyze the phase-space structure of the Milky Way's halo with halo stellar orbits. From Frequency Maps of halo stars it is possible to set constrains, not just on the present shape and phase space distribution of the Milky Way halo, but also on its past shape history. The power of this technique is demonstrated by applying it to a series of controlled simulations in which dynamically realistic disks are grown in isolated triaxial dark matter halos. I will demonstrate that even when the growth of a baryonic disk causes the halo's shape to become oblate or close to spherical, it is possible to determine if it was originally prolate or triaxial as predicted by cosmological N-body simulations. Current and future Galactic surveys (e.g. RAVE, Segue, Gaia and LAMOST) are expected to obtain the full 6 dimensional phase space orbits of hundreds of thousands of halo stars. This technique will be a new and valuable tool that will complement on-going efforts to constrain the shape of the halo with tidal streams. Reliable indicators of the halo's shape can be obtained with as few as 5000-10000 halo stellar orbits.
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