Properties of the Magellanic Corona

Abstract

We characterize the Magellanic Corona, the warm gaseous halo around the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The Corona is a key ingredient in the formation of the Magellanic Stream (Lucchini et al. 2020, 2021) and has recently been observed in high-ion absorption around the LMC. In this work we present a suite of high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations to constrain its total mass and temperature prior to the infall of the Magellanic Clouds to our Galaxy. We find that the LMC is able to host a stable Corona before and during its approach to the MW through to the present day. With a Magellanic Corona of $>2\times 10^9$ M${}_{\odot }$ at $3\times 10^5$ K, our simulations can reproduce the observed total mass of the neutral and ionized components of the Trailing Stream, size of the LMC disk, ionization fractions along the Stream, morphology of the neutral gas, and on-sky extent of the ionized gas. The Corona plays an integral role in the survival, morphology, and composition of the Magellanic Clouds and the Trailing Stream.

arXiv comment12 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Accepted to ApJ

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