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南银河的人马座流

The Sagittarius Streams in the Southern Galactic Hemisphere

Sergey E. Koposov, V. Belokurov, N. W. Evans, G. Gilmore, M. Gieles, M. J. Irwin, G. F. Lewis, M. Niederste-Ostholt, J. Penarrubia, M. C. Smith, D. Bizyaev, E. … 展开作者

Sergey E. Koposov, V. Belokurov, N. W. Evans, G. Gilmore, M. Gieles, M. J. Irwin, G. F. Lewis, M. Niederste-Ostholt, J. Penarrubia, M. C. Smith, D. Bizyaev, E. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, D. P. Schneider, R. F. G. Wyse

摘要:

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8分析了南银河半球人马座流的结构。与人马座潮汐轨道平行,但距离约10度,有另一个更暗,更贫金属流。我们提供的证据表明,这两个流遵循类似的距离梯度,但有不同的形态学特性和恒星星族。较亮的星流较宽,包含更多富含金属的恒星,并且与较暗的星流相比,具有更丰富的颜色-星等图,有多个转折点和一个突出的红色团块。根据结构性质和恒星星族混合,流的配置类似于北方的“分叉”。在南银河帽区域,有来自鲸鱼座流的潮汐碎片重叠,它穿过人马座流。使用光度和光谱数据,我们表明,蓝色离散人口主要属于人马座和蓝色水平分支恒星主要属于鲸鱼座流在这个混乱的位置在晕。

英文摘要:

The structure of the Sagittarius stream in the Southern Galactic hemisphere is analysed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8. Parallel to the Sagittarius tidal track, but ~ 10deg away, there is another fainter and more metal-poor stream. We provide evidence that the two streams follow similar distance gradients but have distinct morphological properties and stellar populations. The brighter stream is broader, contains more metal-rich stars and has a richer colour-magnitude diagram with multiple turn-offs and a prominent red clump as compared to the fainter stream. Based on the structural properties and the stellar population mix, the stream configuration is similar to the Northern "bifurcation". In the region of the South Galactic Cap, there is overlapping tidal debris from the Cetus Stream, which crosses the Sagittarius stream. Using both photometric and spectroscopic data, we show that the blue straggler population belongs mainly to Sagittarius and the blue horizontal branch stars belong mainly to the Cetus stream in this confused location in the halo.

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