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用SEKBO巡天RR探测人马座流

Exploring the Sagittarius Stream with SEKBO Survey RR Lyrae Stars

Sayuri L Prior, G S Da Costa, Stefan C Keller

摘要:

在人马座矮星系(Sgr)与银河系(RA ~ 20和21.5 h;距离16-21 kpc)相互作用产生的碎片的预期位置重叠的区域,对南部边缘柯伊伯带天体巡天中的RR天琴座(RRL)变量样本进行了光谱学和光度学跟踪。21个光度测定确认的ab型RRL的平均值[Fe/H] = -1.79 +/- 0.08,与Sgr潮汐碎屑流不同部分中RRL的丰度一致。该区域26个RRL在银河系静止标准坐标系(V_GSR)中的速度分布不符合光滑晕总体。与Law等人(2005)的Sgr破裂模型比较后发现,当星系晕被模拟为扁圆时,一组显著的五颗具有高度负径向速度(V_GSR ~ -175 kms-1)的恒星与对旧的拖尾碎片的预测一致。观测结果还要求,最近的尾随碎片流在垂直于Sgr平面的方向上的扩散范围比模型预测的要大。我们还调查了室女座恒星流(VSS)与Sgr碎片的可能关联,方法是将该区域RRL的径向速度与相同的模型进行比较,发现速度位置趋势的相似之处。正如我们先前的工作所建议的那样,在VSS区域中具有大的负V_GSR值的恒星很可能是旧的领先Sgr碎片,但我们发现,虽然旧的尾随Sgr碎片可能会在正V_GSR值时做出贡献,但它不太可能完全解释VSS特征。总体而言,我们发现,需要进一步建模,因为拖臂数据通常有利于扁圆模型,而前臂数据有利于扁长模型,没有一个潜在的拟合所有观察到的数据。

英文摘要:

A sample of RR Lyrae (RRL) variables from the Southern Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Object survey in regions overlapping the expected position of debris from the interaction of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy with the Milky Way (RA ~ 20 and 21.5 h; distance 16-21 kpc) has been followed up spectroscopically and photometrically. The 21 photometrically confirmed type ab RRLs have mean [Fe/H] = -1.79 +/- 0.08, consistent with the abundances found for RRLs in a different portion of the Sgr tidal debris stream. The distribution of velocities in the Galactic standard of rest frame (V_GSR) of the 26 RRLs in the region is not consistent with a smooth halo population. Upon comparison with the Sgr disruption models of Law et al (2005), a prominent group of five stars having highly negative radial velocities (V_GSR ~ -175 kms-1) is consistent with predictions for old trailing debris when the Galactic halo is modeled as oblate. The observations also require that the recent trailing debris stream has a broader spread perpendicular to the Sgr plane than predicted by the models. We have also investigated the possible association of the Virgo Stellar Stream (VSS) with Sgr debris by comparing radial velocities for RRLs in the region with the same models, finding similarities in the velocity-position trends. As suggested by our earlier work, the stars in the VSS region with large negative V_GSR values are likely to be old leading Sgr debris, but we find that while old trailing Sgr debris may well make a contribution at positive V_GSR values, it is unlikely to fully account for the VSS feature. Overall we find that further modeling is needed, as trailing arm data generally favors oblate models while leading arm data favors prolate models, with no single potential fitting all the observed data.

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