Numerical simulations of the decay of satellite galaxy orbits

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Jan 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 264, Jan. 15, 1983, p. 364-372.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

91

Galactic Clusters, Orbit Decay, Three Body Problem, Drag, Dwarf Galaxies, Mathematical Models

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A multiple three-body technique is used to study the orbital evolution of satellite galaxies which is similar to the N-body method but neglects two-body forces between stars in the halo of the parent galaxy. It is found that, for satellites orbiting within the halo, Chandrasekhar's (1960) dynamical friction formula accurately describes the orbital decay rate, including its variation with satellite mass and size and with the number density and mass of halo stars. Significant frictional forces are present even outside the halo, and the orbital decay rate, instead of depending on the procedure used to place the satellite in its orbit, is determined only by the current orbital parameters. This semirestricted N-body method is sufficiently fast to have permitted the running of 200 simulations to date, many more than would have been possible by means of the conventional N-body technique.

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