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在Milky Way恒星晕中发现新的极轨道碎片流

Discovery of a New, Polar-Orbiting Debris Stream in the Milky Way Stellar Halo

Heidi Jo Newberg, Brian Yanny, Benjamin A. Willett

摘要:

我们发现,有一个低金属丰度潮汐流,沿l=143度。在南银河帽,距离太阳约34千秒差距,从SEGUE恒星速度发现。由于最集中的检测是在鲸鱼座星座,轨道路径接近极地,我们将其命名为鲸鱼座极流(CPS)。虽然它在空间上与b=-70度的Sgr矮拖尾潮汐尾重合,CPS星的金属丰度([Fe/H] = -2.1)、蓝离散星与蓝水平支星的比值以及速度与Sgr不同。一些CPS恒星可能会污染以前的Sgr矮星潮汐碎片样本。不寻常的球状星团NGC 5824位于符合CPS的轨道上,具有正确的径向速度。

英文摘要:

We show that there is a low metallicity tidal stream that runs along l=143 deg. in the South Galactic Cap, about 34 kpc from the Sun, discovered from SEGUE stellar velocities. Since the most concentrated detections are in the Cetus constellation, and the orbital path is nearly polar, we name it the Cetus Polar Stream (CPS). Although it is spatially coincident with the Sgr dwarf trailing tidal tail at b=-70 deg., the metallicities ([Fe/H] = -2.1), ratio of blue straggler to blue horizontal branch stars, and velocities of the CPS stars differ from Sgr. Some CPS stars may contaminate previous samples of Sgr dwarf tidal debris. The unusual globular cluster NGC 5824 is located along an orbit fit to the CPS, with the correct radial velocity.

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