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微弱星等下精确的恒星运动学:对Bootes~I矮椭球星系的应用

Accurate Stellar Kinematics at Faint Magnitudes: application to the Bootes~I dwarf spheroidal galaxy

Sergey E. Koposov, G. Gilmore, M. G. Walker, V. Belokurov, N. Wyn Evans, M. Fellhauer, W. Gieren, D. Geisler, L. Monaco, J. E. Norris, S. Okamoto, J. Penarrubia… 展开作者

Sergey E. Koposov, G. Gilmore, M. G. Walker, V. Belokurov, N. Wyn Evans, M. Fellhauer, W. Gieren, D. Geisler, L. Monaco, J. E. Norris, S. Okamoto, J. Penarrubia, M. Wilkinson, R. F. G. Wyse, D. B. Zucker

摘要:

我们开发、实施并验证了一种增强型数据简化方法,该方法使用光纤馈电VLT/FLAMES+GIRAFFE设备从中等分辨率光谱仪中提供精确、准确的径向速度。这个设施,适当的照顾,提供径向速度足以解决非常微弱的dSph矮星系的内在速度分散。重要的是,重复测量使我们能够可靠地校准我们的个人速度误差($0.2 \leq δ_V\leq 5$ km s $^{-1}$),并直接检测具有可变径向速度的恒星。通过对Bootes-1矮椭球的应用,我们证明了该系统的内禀速度频散明显低于以前研究报道的6.5km/s.我们的数据支持Bootes-1的两种群模型,由大部分“冷”恒星成分和速度色散$2.4^{+0.9}_{-0.5}$ \,km/s组成,少数“热”恒星成分和速度色散$\sim 9$ \,km/s,尽管我们不能完全排除速度色散$4.6^{0.8}_{-0.6}$ \,km/s的单一成分分布。我们推测这种复杂的速度分布实际上反映了Bootes-1的速度各向异性分布,这是其形成过程的一种度量。

英文摘要:

We develop, implement and characterise an enhanced data reduction approach which delivers precise, accurate, radial velocities from moderate resolution spectroscopy with the fibre-fed VLT/FLAMES+GIRAFFE facility. This facility, with appropriate care, delivers radial velocities adequate to resolve the intrinsic velocity dispersions of the very faint dSph dwarf galaxies. Importantly, repeated measurements let us reliably calibrate our individual velocity errors ($0.2 \leq δ_V\leq 5$ km s$^{-1}$) and directly detect stars with variable radial velocities. We show, by application to the Bootes-1 dwarf spheroidal, that the intrinsic velocity dispersion of this system is significantly below 6.5\,km/s reported by previous studies. Our data favor a two-population model of Bootes-1, consisting of a majority `cold' stellar component, with velocity dispersion $2.4^{+0.9}_{-0.5}$\,km/s, and a minority `hot' stellar component, with velocity dispersion $\sim 9$\,km/s, although we can not completely rule out a single component distribution with velocity dispersion $4.6^{0.8}_{-0.6}$\,km/s. We speculate this complex velocity distribution actually reflects the distribution of velocity anisotropy in Bootes-1, which is a measure of its formation processes.

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