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CFHT遗留调查所见的Milky Way晕的形状和剖面

The Shape and Profile of the Milky Way Halo as Seen by the CFHT Legacy Survey

Branimir Sesar, Mario Juric, Zeljko Ivezic

摘要:

我们使用加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜遗留巡天170度的数据,重新校准并转换到斯隆数字巡天ugri测光系统中,研究了星系晕中靠近关闭的主序星沿四条视线到日心距离约35 kpc的分布。我们发现,当银心距离大于R_{gal} ~28 kpc时,晕星数密度剖面变得陡峭,幂律指数从n_{inner} =-2.62+-0.04变为n_{outer} =-3.8+-0.1。特别是,我们测试了一系列单一的幂律模型,发现它们是强烈不赞成的数据。最佳拟合Einasto剖面的参数为n=2.2 ± 0.2和R_e=22.2 ± 0.4kpc。我们测得晕的扁率为q=c/a=0.70+-0.01,并且没有发现它在探测距离范围内变化的证据。在l=173和b=-62方向上,人马座流在R_{gal} ~32 kpc处被探测到为[Fe/H] ~ -1.5 dex星的超密度,为人马座流和暗物质晕模型提供了新的约束。我们还探测到麒麟星流在l=232和b=26方向上的[Fe/H] > -1.5 dex星的过密度,R_{gal} <25 kpc。在两条未发现明显亚结构的视线中,金属丰度中值在系统不确定度([Fe/H] ~ -1.5+-0.1dex)范围内与距离无关。

英文摘要:

We use Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey data for 170 deg^2, recalibrated and transformed to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ugri photometric system, to study the distribution of near-turnoff main-sequence stars in the Galactic halo along four lines of sight to heliocentric distances of ~35 kpc. We find that the halo stellar number density profile becomes steeper at Galactocentric distances greater than R_{gal}~28 kpc, with the power law index changing from n_{inner}=-2.62+-0.04 to n_{outer}=-3.8+-0.1. In particular, we test a series of single power law models and find them to be strongly disfavored by the data. The parameters for the best-fit Einasto profile are n=2.2+-0.2 and R_e=22.2+-0.4 kpc. We measure the oblateness of the halo to be q=c/a=0.70+-0.01 and detect no evidence of it changing across the range of probed distances. The Sagittarius stream is detected in the l=173 and b=-62 direction as an overdensity of [Fe/H] ~ -1.5 dex stars at R_{gal}~32 kpc, providing a new constraint for the Sagittarius stream and dark matter halo models. We also detect the Monoceros stream as an overdensity of [Fe/H] > -1.5 dex stars in the l=232 and b=26 direction at R_{gal}<25 kpc. In the two sightlines where we do not detect significant substructure, the median metallicity is found to be independent of distance within systematic uncertainties ([Fe/H] ~ -1.5+-0.1 dex).

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