Structure, Kinematics, and Observability of the Large Magellanic Cloud’s Dynamical Friction Wake in Cold versus Fuzzy Dark Matter

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) will induce a dynamical friction (DF) wake on infall to the Milky Way (MW). The MW’s stellar halo will respond to the gravity of the LMC and the dark matter (DM) wake, forming a stellar counterpart to the DM wake. This provides a novel opportunity to constrain the pr...

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Published in:	The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors:	Hayden R. Foote, Gurtina Besla, Philip Mocz, Nicolás Garavito-Camargo, Lachlan Lancaster, Martin Sparre, Emily C. Cunningham, Mark Vogelsberger, Facundo A. Gómez, Chervin F. P. Laporte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Subjects:	Large Magellanic Cloud Milky Way dynamics Milky Way dark matter halo Milky Way stellar halo Dynamical friction Cold dark matter
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace533