Dark and luminous satellites of LMC-mass galaxies in the FIRE simulations

Abstract

Within $\Lambda$CDM, dwarf galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are expected to host numerous dark matter subhalos, several of which should host faint dwarf companions. Recent Gaia proper motions confirm new members of the LMC-system in addition to the previously known SMC, including two classical dwarf galaxies ($M_{\ast }$ > $10^5$ M${}_{\odot }$; Carina and Fornax) as well as several ultra-faint dwarfs (Car2, Car3, Hor1, and Hyd1). We use the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) simulations to study the dark and luminous (down to ultrafaint masses, $M_{\ast }$ ~ $6\times 10^3$ M${}_{\odot }$) substructure population of isolated LMC-mass hosts ($M_{\text{200}}$ = $1-3\times 10^{11}$ M${}_{\odot }$) and place the Gaia + DES results in a cosmological context. By comparing number counts of subhalos in simulations with and without baryons, we find that, within 0.2 $r_{\text{200}}$, LMC-mass hosts deplete ~30% of their substructure, significantly lower than the ~70% of substructure depleted by Milky Way (MW) mass hosts. For our highest resolution runs ($m_{\text{bary}}$ = 880 M${}_{\odot }$), ~5-10 subhalos form galaxies with $M_{\ast }$ > $10^4$ M${}_{\odot }$, in agreement with the 7 observationally inferred pre-infall LMC companions. However, we find steeper simulated luminosity functions than observed, hinting at observation incompleteness at the faint end. The predicted DM content for classical satellites in FIRE agrees with observed estimates for Carina and Fornax, supporting the case for an LMC association. We predict that tidal stripping within the LMC potential lowers the inner dark matter density of ultra faint companions of the LMC. Thus, in addition to their orbital consistency, the low densities of dwarfs Car2, Hyd1, and Hyd2 reinforce their likelihood of Magellanic association.

arXiv comment19 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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