Co-orbiting satellite galaxy structures are still in conflict with the distribution of primordial dwarf galaxies
@article{Pawlowski2014CoorbitingSG, title={Co-orbiting satellite galaxy structures are still in conflict with the distribution of primordial dwarf galaxies}, author={M. Pawlowski and B. Famaey and H. Jerjen and D. Merritt and P. Kroupa and J. Dabringhausen and F. Lughausen and D. Forbes and G. Hensler and F. Hammer and M. Puech and S. Fouquet and H. Flores and Y. Yang}, journal={Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society}, year={2014}, volume={442}, pages={2362-2380} }
Both major galaxies in the Local Group host planar distributions of co-orbiting satellite galaxies, the Vast Polar Structure (VPOS) of the Milky Way and the Great Plane of Andromeda (GPoA). The $\Lambda$CDM cosmological model did not predict these features. However, according to three recent studies the properties of the GPoA and the flattening of the VPOS are common features among sub-halo based $\Lambda$CDM satellite systems, and the GPoA can be naturally explained by satellites being… CONTINUE READING
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