Dynamical History Of The Local Group In $\Lambda$CDM $\mathrm{II}$ $-$ Including External Perturbers In 3D

Abstract

We attempt to fit the observed radial velocities (RVs) of $\sim 30$ Local Group (LG) galaxies using a 3D dynamical model of it and its immediate environment within the context of the standard cosmological paradigm, $\Lambda$CDM. This extends and confirms the basic results of our previous axisymmetric investigation of the LG (MNRAS, 459, 2237). We find that there remains a tendency for observed RVs to exceed those predicted by our best-fitting model. The typical mismatch is slightly higher than in our 2D model, with a root mean square value of $\sim 50$ km/s. Our main finding is that including the 3D distribution of massive perturbing dark matter halos is unlikely to help greatly with the high velocity galaxy problem. Nonetheless, the 2D and 3D results differ in several other ways such as which galaxies' RVs are most problematic and the preferred values of parameters common to both models. The anomalously high RVs of several LG dwarfs may be better explained if the Milky Way (MW) and Andromeda (M31) were once moving much faster than in our models. This would allow LG dwarfs to gain very high RVs via gravitational slingshot encounters with a massive fast-moving galaxy. Such a scenario is possible in some modified gravity theories, especially those which require the MW and M31 to have previously undergone a close flyby. In a $\Lambda$CDM context, however, this scenario is not feasible as the resulting dynamical friction would cause a rapid merger.

20 pages, 13 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in this form

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