Open AccessThe warp of the Galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud
Author(s) -
GarcíaRuiz I.,
Kuijken K.,
Dubinski J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05923.x
Subject(s) - physics , large magellanic cloud , halo , astrophysics , galactic halo , galaxy , astronomy , amplitude , milky way , quantum mechanics
We study the possibility that the Galactic warp is caused by the tides of the Magellanic clouds. Using a specialized N ‐body particle+ring code we investigate the role of extra torques on the disc induced by gravitational wakes in the dark halo created by the Large Magellanic Cloud. We find that neither the amplitude nor the orientation of the resulting warp agrees with observations.