Accretion of the Magellanic system onto the Galaxy
  Our Galaxy is surrounded by a large family of dwarf galaxies of which the
most massive are the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). Recent
evidence suggests that systems with the mass of the Local Group accrete
galaxies in smaller groups rather than individually. If so, at least some of
the Galaxy's dwarfs may have fallen in with the LMC and SMC, and were formed as
part of the Magellanic system in the nearby universe. We use the latest
measurements of the proper motions of the LMC and SMC and a multicomponent
model of the Galactic potential to explore the evolution of these galaxy
configurations under the assumption that the Magellanic system may once have
contained a number of bound dwarf galaxies. We compare our results to the
available kinematic data for the local dwarf galaxies, and examine whether this
model can account for recently discovered stellar streams and the planar
distribution of Milky Way satellites. We find that in situations where the LMC
and SMC are bound to the Milky Way, the kinematics of Draco, Sculptor, Sextans,
Ursa Minor and the Sagittarius Stream are consistent with having fallen in
along with the Magellanic system. These dwarfs, if so associated, will likely
have been close to the tidal radius of the LMC originally and are unlikely to
have affected each other throughout the orbit. However there are clear cases,
such as Carina and Leo I, that cannot be explained this way
