The effects of LMC-mass environments on their dwarf satellite galaxies in the FIRE simulations

Abstract

Characterizing the predicted environments of dwarf galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is becoming increasingly important as next generation surveys push sensitivity limits into this low-mass regime at cosmological distances. We study the environmental effects of LMC-mass halos ($M_{200m}\sim 10^{11}$ M${}_{\odot }$) on their populations of satellites ($M_{\star }\ge 10^4$ M${}_{\odot }$) using a suite of zoom-in simulations from the Feedback In Realistic Environments (FIRE) project. Our simulations predict significant hot coronas with $T\sim 10^5$ K and $M_{\text{gas}}\sim 10^{9.5}$ M${}_{\odot }$. We identify signatures of environmental quenching in dwarf satellite galaxies, particularly for satellites with intermediate mass ($M_{\star }=10^{6-7}$ M${}_{\odot }$). The gas content of such objects indicates ram-pressure as the likely quenching mechanism, sometimes aided by star formation feedback. Satellites of LMC-mass hosts replicate the stellar mass dependence of the quiescent fraction found in satellites of MW mass hosts (i.e. that the quiescent fraction increases as stellar mass decreases). Satellites of LMC-mass hosts have a wider variety of quenching times when compared to the strongly bi-modal distribution of quenching times of nearby centrals. Finally, we identify significant tidal stellar structures around four of our six LMC-analogs, suggesting that stellar streams may be common. These tidal features originated from satellites on close orbits, extend to $\sim$80 kpc from the central galaxy, and contain $\sim 10^{6-7}$ M${}_{\odot }$~of stars.

14 pages, 10 figures, submitted to MNRAS

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