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大犬座高密度星系中没有多余的RR天琴座星

No Excess of RR Lyrae Stars in the Canis Major Overdensity

Cecilia Mateu, A. Katherina Vivas, Robert Zinn, Lissa Miller, Carlos Abad

摘要:

我们的多时期调查约20平方米。°的大犬座的高密度只探测到10颗天琴座RR型星(RRLS)。我们表明,这个数字是一致的预期从星系晕和厚盘人口单独的数量,没有留下多余的,可以归因于矮球状(dSph)星系,一些作者提出的CMa过密度的起源。如果这个星系类似于银河系和M31的dSph卫星,并且具有推定的Mv~-14.5,我们的调查应该已经检测到几十个RRLS。即使Mv<-12,预期的过量也>10,这是没有观察到的。要么这个星系的旧恒星星族具有独特的性质,要么像其他人以前争论的那样,CMa的过密度是由银河系的薄而厚的盘和螺旋臂产生的,而不是由与dSph卫星星系的碰撞产生的。

英文摘要:

Our multi-epoch survey of ~20 sq. deg. of the Canis Major overdensity has detected only 10 RR Lyrae stars (RRLS). We show that this number is consistent with the number expected from the Galactic halo and thick disk populations alone, leaving no excess that can be attributed to the dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy that some authors have proposed as the origin of the CMa overdensity. If this galaxy resembles the dSph satellites of the Milky Way and of M31 and has the putative Mv~-14.5, our survey should have detected several tens of RRLS. Even if Mv<-12, the expected excess is >10, which is not observed. Either the old stellar population of this galaxy has unique properties or, as others have argued before, the CMa overdensity is produced by the thin and thick disk and spiral arm populations of the Milky Way and not by a collision with a dSph satellite galaxy.

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