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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 657, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202141528
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methods: statistical; astrometry; galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Local Group
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- State Research Agency (AEI), Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU)
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion(AEI-MCINN)
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [AYA2017-89076-P, PID2020-118778GB-I00]
- Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa program [CEX2019-000920-S]
- Canary Islands Department of Economy, Knowledge and Employment, through the Regional Budget of the Autonomous Community
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [FJC2018-037323-I]
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This study comprehensively determines the systemic proper motions of 74 dwarf galaxies in the Local Group based on Gaia early data release 3, and the results are publicly available. Using a Bayesian methodology, the analysis takes into account the location of stars on different charts, revealing potential associations between some galaxies and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The study also delves into the orbital properties of galaxies, particularly noting the impact of the infall of a massive LMC on their trajectories.
Aims. We perform a comprehensive determination of the systemic proper motions of 74 dwarf galaxies and dwarf galaxy candidates in the Local Group based on Gaia early data release 3. The outputs of the analysis for each galaxy, including probabilities of membership, will be made publicly available. The analysis is augmented by a determination of the orbital properties of galaxies within 500 kpc. Methods. We adopt a flexible Bayesian methodology presented in the literature, which takes into account the location of the stars on the sky, on the colour-magnitude diagram, and on the proper motion plane. We applied some modifications, in particular to the way the colour-magnitude diagram and spectroscopic information are factored in, for example, by including stars in several evolution phases. The bulk motions were integrated in three gravitational potentials: two where the Milky Way was treated in isolation and has a mass 0.9 x 1.6 x 10(12) M-circle dot, and a time-varying potential, which includes the infall of a massive Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Results. We were able to determine bulk proper motions for 73 systems, and we consider 66 to be reliable measurements. For the first time, systemic motions are presented for galaxies out to a distance of 1.4 Mpc in the NGC3109 association. The inclusion of the infall of a massive LMC significantly modifies the orbital trajectories of the objects, with respect to orbit integration in static Milky-Way-only potentials, and this leads to six galaxies likely being associated with the LMC, three possibly being associated with it, and one recently captured object. We discuss the results of the orbit integration in the context of the relation of the galaxies to the system of Milky Way satellites, implications for the too-big-to-fail problem, the impact on star formation histories, and tidal disruption.
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