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人马座潮汐流中的红团星

Red Clump Stars in the Sagittarius Tidal Streams

Kenneth Carrell, Ronald Wilhelm, Yuqin Chen

摘要:

通过对一颗红团流星的鉴别,我们探测了人马座矮椭球星系尾潮臂的一个剖面(l ~ 150,b ~ -60)。红丛星通常不会在晕场中发现,但在人马座星系及其潮汐流中发现了大量的红丛星,使它们成为流特征的优秀探测器。我们的目标样本是使用斯隆数字巡天数据发布6的光度数据选择的,该数据在颜色上受到限制,以匹配人马座红团星。基特峰国家天文台使用WIYN望远镜对目标恒星进行了光谱观测。由此产生的光谱样本是星等有限的,包含主序星盘星和演化的红团星。我们已经开发出一种方法,系统地分离这两个恒星类使用运动学信息和贝叶斯方法的表面重力测定。由此得到的红团样本使我们能够确定在流中这个位置的绝对恒星密度ρ = 2.7 +/- 0.5 RC星kpc-3。未来对各种人群和沿着流的不同位置的恒星密度的测量将导致对人马座星系的原始性质以及控制其破坏和随后的流生成的物理过程的更好的理解。

英文摘要:

We have probed a section (l ~ 150, b ~ -60) of the trailing tidal arm of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy by identifying a sample of Red Clump stream stars. Red Clump stars are not generally found in the halo field, but are found in significant numbers in both the Sagittarius galaxy and its tidal streams, making them excellent probes of stream characteristics. Our target sample was selected using photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Data Release 6, which was constrained in color to match the Sagittarius Red Clump stars. Spectroscopic observations of the target stars were conducted at Kitt Peak National Observatory using the WIYN telescope. The resulting spectroscopic sample is magnitude limited and contains both main sequence disk stars and evolved Red Clump stars. We have developed a method to systematically separate these two stellar classes using kinematic information and a Bayesian approach for surface gravity determination. The resulting Red Clump sample allows us to determine an absolute stellar density of ρ = 2.7 +/- 0.5 RC stars kpc-3 at this location in the stream. Future measurements of stellar densities for a variety of populations and at various locations along the streams will lead to a much improved understanding of the original nature of the Sagittarius galaxy and the physical processes controlling its disruption and subsequent stream generation.

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