Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-01-30
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
8 pages,9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
The dynamical friction problem is a long-standing dilemma about globular clusters (hereafter,GCs) belonging to dwarf galaxies. GCs are strongly affected by dynamical friction in dwarf galaxies, and are presumed to fall into the galactic center. But, GCs do exist in dwarf galaxies generally. A solution of the problem has been proposed. If dwarf galaxies have a core dark matter halo which has constant density distribution in its center, the effect of dynamical friction will be weakened considerably, and GCs should be able to survive beyond the age of the universe. Then, the solution argued that, in a cored dark halo, the suppression of dynamical friction is caused by a new equilibrium state constructed by the interaction between the halo and the GC, in which a part of the halo rotates along with the GC (co-rotating state). In this study, I tested whether the solution is reasonable and reconsidered why a constant density, core halo suppresses dynamical friction, by means of N-body simulations. As a result, I conclude that the true mechanism of suppressed dynamical friction is not the co-rotating state, although a core halo can actually suppress dynamical friction on GCs significantly.
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