Merging events between progenitor galaxies represent the baseline of the origin of the Milky Way halo, and an important role is described by the globular clusters that originated during these events. Taking into account different potential models, the current work describes the globular cluster population associated with two major merging events: Gaia- Sausage/Enceladus and Pontus, a newly discovered merger. The WHVN algorithm was developed to integrate orbits, starting from Gaia EDR3 data, and to calculate different orbital parameters, such as angular momentum, total energy, and eccentricity, of the entire globular cluster population, with particular attention to Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus and Pontus candidates. Results show that all major candidates for both events are confirmed and separated, with error propagation performed using Monte Carlo and Gauss scattering methods. Eventually, deeper and more characterised studies will shed additional insights on merging events, especially on the newest Pontus merger.
Gli eventi di fusione tra le galassie progenitrici rappresentano le fondamenta all'origine dell'alone della Via Lattea, in cui gli ammassi globulari originati rappresentano un ruolo centrale per la loro descrizione. Prendendo in considerazione diversi modelli di potenziali galattici, questo studio descrive la popolazione di ammassi globulari associata a due principali eventi di fusione, Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus e Pontus, un evento da poco scoperto. E' stato sviluppato un algoritmo, chiamato WHVN, per integrare orbite in un potenziale galattico per questi ammassi candidati, partendo dai dati di Gaia EDR3, in modo tale da calcolarne diversi parametri orbitali come momento angolare, energia totale ed eccentricità. I risultati dimostrano come tutti i principali candidati siano confermati e ben separati per entrambi gli eventi, con una propagazione dell'errore eseguita con metodi Monte Carlo. In ogni caso, studi più approfonditi potranno dare ulteriori informazioni sugli eventi di fusione, in particolare sul più recente Pontus.
Pontus and Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus: insights from the orbital properties of candidates members
CICHELLERO, ANDREA
2021/2022
Abstract
Merging events between progenitor galaxies represent the baseline of the origin of the Milky Way halo, and an important role is described by the globular clusters that originated during these events. Taking into account different potential models, the current work describes the globular cluster population associated with two major merging events: Gaia- Sausage/Enceladus and Pontus, a newly discovered merger. The WHVN algorithm was developed to integrate orbits, starting from Gaia EDR3 data, and to calculate different orbital parameters, such as angular momentum, total energy, and eccentricity, of the entire globular cluster population, with particular attention to Gaia-Sausage/Enceladus and Pontus candidates. Results show that all major candidates for both events are confirmed and separated, with error propagation performed using Monte Carlo and Gauss scattering methods. Eventually, deeper and more characterised studies will shed additional insights on merging events, especially on the newest Pontus merger.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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