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用2 MASS中的M-巨星在恒星晕中的群发现:双鱼座超密度的扩展视图?

Group finding in the stellar halo using M-giants in 2MASS: An extended view of the Pisces Overdensity?

Sanjib Sharma, Kathryn V Johnston, Steven R. Majewski, Ricardo R. Muñoz, Joleen K. Carlberg, James Bullock

摘要:

本文采用基于密度的分层找群算法,对2微米全天巡天(2 MASS)的M巨星星表中的恒星晕结构进行了识别。M-巨星的内在亮度意味着这个星表深入到晕中,那里的子结构预计是丰富的,很容易检测到。我们的分析揭示了银河系高纬度(大于15度)的16个结构,其中10个以前已经确定。在这六个新结构中,有两个可能是由于对数据进行了屏蔽,一个与强灭绝区有关,另一个可能是麒麟座环的一部分。另一个起源于低纬度,表明一些来自盘星的污染,但也显示出延伸到高纬度的突起,这意味着它可能是恒星晕中的一个真实特征。最后剩下的结构没有上面讨论的缺陷,因此很可能是卫星残骸。虽然该结构方向的消光非常低,但该结构确实与尘埃图中的低温特征相匹配。虽然这对它的起源提出了一些疑问,但低温特征可能是由于结构本身的真实灰尘造成的。这个结构的角位置和距离包含了Sloan Digital Sky Survey(SDSS)第82条中由天琴座RR星追踪到的双鱼座高密度。然而,2 MASS的M巨星表明,该结构比SDSS所看到的要延伸得多,密度峰值点就在条纹82的外面。该结构的形态更像是云而不是流,让人想起在模拟卫星沿高度偏心轨道破坏时所看到的。

英文摘要:

A density based hierarchical group-finding algorithm is used to identify stellar halo structures in a catalog of M-giants from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). The intrinsic brightness of M-giant stars means that this catalog probes deep into the halo where substructures are expected to be abundant and easy to detect. Our analysis reveals 16 structures at high Galactic latitude (greater than 15 degree), of which 10 have been previously identified. Among the six new structures two could plausibly be due to masks applied to the data, one is associated with a strong extinction region and one is probably a part of the Monoceros ring. Another one originates at low latitudes, suggesting some contamination from disk stars, but also shows protrusions extending to high latitudes, implying that it could be a real feature in the stellar halo. The last remaining structure is free from the defects discussed above and hence is very likely a satellite remnant. Although the extinction in the direction of the structure is very low, the structure does match a low temperature feature in the dust maps. While this casts some doubt on its origin, the low temperature feature could plausibly be due to real dust in the structure itself. The angular position and distance of this structure encompass the Pisces overdensity traced by RR Lyraes in Stripe 82 of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). However, the 2MASS M-giants indicate that the structure is much more extended than what is visible with the SDSS, with the point of peak density lying just outside Stripe 82. The morphology of the structure is more like a cloud than a stream and reminiscent of that seen in simulations of satellites disrupting along highly eccentric orbits.

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