N-body simulations of the Magellanic Stream

Abstract

A suite of high-resolution N-body simulations of the Magellanic Clouds -- Milky Way system are presented and compared directly with newly available data from the HI Parkes All-Sky Survey (HIPASS). We show that the interaction between Small and Large Magellanic Clouds results in both a spatial and kinematical bifurcation of both the Stream and the Leading Arm. The spatial bifurcation of the Stream is readily apparent in the HIPASS data, and the kinematical bifurcation is also tentatively identified. This bifurcation provides strong support for the tidal disruption origin for the Magellanic Stream. A fiducial model for the Magellanic Clouds is presented upon completion of an extensive parameter survey of the potential orbital configurations of the Magellanic Clouds and the viable initial boundary conditions for the disc of the Small Magellanic Cloud. The impact of the choice of these critical parameters upon the final configurations of the Stream and Leading Arm is detailed.

arXiv commentAccepted by MNRAS, 07 Jun 2006. 14 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables. LaTeX (mn2e.sty). File with decent resolution images (strongly recommended) available at http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~tconnors/publications/ . References added; distance and HI-LOres difference figures added; clearer figures; discussion added to, but conclusions unchanged

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