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- Title
- Galactic cannibalism: the origin of the Magellanic stream
- Author(s)
- Maddison, S. T.; Kawata, D.; Gibson, B. K.
- Abstract
- We are in a privileged location in the Universe which allows us to observe galactic interactions from close range---the merger of our two nearest dwarf satellite galaxies, the LMC and SMC. It is important to understand the local merger process before we can have confidence in understanding mergers at high redshift. We present high resolution Nbody+SPH simulations of the disruption of the LMC and SMC and the formation of the Magellanic Stream, and discuss the implications for galaxy formation and evolution.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
- Source
- Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 281, no. 1-2 (Mar 2002), pp. 421-422
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Magellanic Stream
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- ISSN
- 0004-640X
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1019599415181
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers. The accepted manuscript is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- Full text
- Peer reviewed
