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The Large Magellanic Cloud in the SDSS and LCDM: Is There A “FoundSatellites Problem”?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2011

M. Koleva ,
Ph. Prugniel ,
I. Vauglin ,
E.J. Tollerud ,
E.J. Barton ,
J.S. Bullock  and
C. Trinh
E.J. Tollerud
Affiliation:
Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
E.J. Barton
Affiliation:
Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
J.S. Bullock
Affiliation:
Center for Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4129 Frederick Reines Hall, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
C. Trinh
Affiliation:
Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Abstract

Substructure in ΛCDM provides a number of interesting puzzles. While the missing satellites problem is well-studied, there are suggestions of an opposite problem on the bright end. Subhalos large enough to host luminous satellites are uncommon, so the existence of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) orbiting the Galaxy can potentially be a challenge for ΛCDM. Hence, we describe a search for analogs to an isolated galaxy pair like the Milky Way/LMC system in the SDSS and interpret these results with cosmological simulations. We note that while the LMC may not be unusual based on its luminosity, it is remarkably blue for such satellites. Thus, color may have implications for the LMC’s orbital history.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 48: CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies , 2011 , pp. 455 - 457
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2011

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