A Magellanic Origin of the DES Dwarfs

Abstract

We establish the connection between the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and the dwarf galaxy candidates discovered in the Dark Energy Survey (DES) by building a dynamical model of the MC satellite populations, based on an extensive suite of tailor-made numerical simulations. Our model takes into account the response of the Galaxy to the MCs infall, the dynamical friction experienced by the MCs and the disruption of the MC satellites by their hosts. The simulation suite samples over the uncertainties in the MC's proper motions, the masses of the MW and the Clouds themselves and allows for flexibility in the intrinsic volume density distribution of the MC satellites. As a result, we can accurately reproduce the DES satellites' observed positions and kinematics. Assuming that Milky Way (MW) dwarfs follow the distribution of subhaloes in $\Lambda$CDM, we further demonstrate that, of 14 observed satellites, the MW halo contributes fewer than 4 (8) of these with 68% (95%) confidence and that 7 (12) DES dwarfs have probabilities greater than 0.7 (0.5) of belonging to the LMC. Marginalising over the entire suite, we constrain the total number of the Magellanic satellites at ~70, the mass of the LMC around $10^{11}{M}_{\odot }$ and show that the Clouds have likely endured only one Galactic pericentric passage so far. Finally, we give predictions for the line-of-sight velocities and the proper motions of the satellites discovered in the vicinity of the LMC.

arXiv comment23 pages, 17 figures, submitted to MNRAS, comments are welcome

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