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SPLASH巡天:贫金属、低亮度M31 dSph卫星仙女座X的光谱分析

The SPLASH Survey: A Spectroscopic Analysis of the Metal-Poor, Low-Luminosity M31 dSph Satellite Andromeda X

Jason S. Kalirai, Daniel B. Zucker, Puragra Guhathakurta, Marla Geha, Alexei Y. Kniazev, David Martinez-Delgado, Eric F. Bell, Eva K. Grebel, Karoline M. Gilbert

摘要:

仙女座X(AndX)是一个由Zucker等人(2007)在斯隆数字巡天(SDSS - York et al. 2000)中发现的低光度M31矮球状星系(dSph)。在本文中,我们提出了第一个光谱研究的个别红巨星分支恒星和X,作为SPLASH调查(光谱和光度景观仙女座的恒星晕)的一部分。使用凯克II望远镜和多目标DEIMOS摄谱仪,我们的目标是两个光谱掩模的表面上的星系和测量径向速度约100颗恒星的平均精度为sigma_v ~ 3公里/秒。这个区域的速度直方图证实了视线上的三个恒星群体:前景银河系矮星处于小的负速度,M31晕红巨星在很宽的速度范围内,以及一个非常冷的速度“尖峰”,由22颗属于And X的恒星组成,v_rad = -163.8 +/- 1.2 km/s。通过仔细考虑这些恒星的随机和系统速度误差(例如,通过重复的恒星测量),我们得到了And X的内禀速度色散σ_v = 3.9 +/- 1.2 km/s,这意味着它的质量与光的最小质量比M/L =37^{+26}_{-19}假设质量跟踪光。基于成员星的干净样本,我们测量出And X的中值金属丰度为[Fe/H] = -1.93 +/- 0.11,具有轻微的径向金属丰度梯度。金属丰度的离散度很大,σ([Fe/H])= 0.48,可能暗示该星系保留了大部分化学富集产物。我们讨论的潜力,更好地了解M31的dSphs系统的形成和演化机制,通过(目前)的运动学和化学丰度的研究,特别是在银河系样本。(节略本)

英文摘要:

Andromeda X (And X) is a newly discovered low-luminosity M31 dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) found by Zucker et al. (2007) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS - York et al. 2000). In this paper, we present the first spectroscopic study of individual red giant branch stars in And X, as a part of the SPLASH Survey (Spectroscopic and Photometric Landscape of Andromeda's Stellar Halo). Using the Keck II telescope and multiobject DEIMOS spectrograph, we target two spectroscopic masks over the face of the galaxy and measure radial velocities for ~100 stars with a median accuracy of sigma_v ~ 3 km/s. The velocity histogram for this field confirms three populations of stars along the sight line: foreground Milky Way dwarfs at small negative velocities, M31 halo red giants over a broad range of velocities, and a very cold velocity ``spike'' consisting of 22 stars belonging to And X with v_rad = -163.8 +/- 1.2 km/s. By carefully considering both the random and systematic velocity errors of these stars (e.g., through duplicate star measurements), we derive an intrinsic velocity dispersion of just sigma_v = 3.9 +/- 1.2 km/s for And X, which for its size, implies a minimum mass-to-light ratio of M/L =37^{+26}_{-19} assuming the mass traces the light. Based on the clean sample of member stars, we measure the median metallicity of And X to be [Fe/H] = -1.93 +/- 0.11, with a slight radial metallicity gradient. The dispersion in metallicity is large, sigma([Fe/H]) = 0.48, possibly hinting that the galaxy retained much of its chemical enrichment products. We discuss the potential for better understanding the formation and evolution mechanisms for M31's system of dSphs through (current) kinematic and chemical abundance studies, especially in relation to the Milky Way sample. (abridged version)

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