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室女座高密度区的主序星星群

Main Sequence Star Populations in the Virgo Overdensity Region

H. Jerjen, G. S. Da Costa, B. Willman, P. Tisserand, N. Arimoto, S. Okamoto, M. Mateo, I. Saviane, S. Walsh, M. Geha, A. Jordán, E. Olszewski, M. Walker, M. Zoccali, P. Kroupa

摘要:

我们提出了深CMD的两个斯巴鲁Suprime-Cam领域的室女座恒星流(VSS)/室女座超密度(VOD),并将它们与一个领域集中在最高浓度的人马座(Sgr)潮汐流恒星的领先臂,分支A的分叉。用理论等时线拟合得到Sgr流支A MS的年龄为9.1(+1.0;-1.1)Gyr,[Fe/H]=-0.70(+0.15; -0.20)dex,dhelio = 30.9+-3.0kpc。在两个VSS/VOD场中(Lsun ~265 deg,Bsun ~13 deg)的主序星群平均距离为23.3 ± 1.6kpc,年龄约为8.2Gyr,丰度[Fe/H]=-0.67(+0.16;-0.12)dex,与Sgr流星相似。这些参数也与人马座矮星主要星群的年龄(8.0 ± 1.5Gyr)吻合得很好。它们也与2-3Gyr年龄的M巨星金属丰度分布的峰值[Fe/H] ~-0.6dex在Sgr主臂北一致。然后,我们比较了VSS/VOD领域的结果与Sgr潮汐流模型的法律和马多夫斯基基于三轴星系晕,SDSS Sgr A-分支和2 MASS M-巨星校准。我们发现,在CMD中最突出的功能,MS人口在23千秒差距,是不能解释的模型。相反,该模型预测在这些方向上,Sgr碎片星的密度较低,约为9 kpc,而Sgr星的密度略高,分布在42- 53 kpc之间。在我们的数据中,最多只有少量证据表明这些人群的存在。我们的研究结果表明,虽然可能有一些Sgr碎片星存在,占主导地位的恒星星族在VOD起源于一个不同的晕结构,具有几乎相同的年龄和金属丰度的Sgr潮汐流的一些部分。

英文摘要:

We present deep CMDs for two Subaru Suprime-Cam fields in the Virgo Stellar Stream(VSS)/Virgo Overdensity(VOD) and compare them to a field centred on the highest concentration of Sagittarius (Sgr) Tidal Stream stars in the leading arm, Branch A of the bifurcation. A prominent population of MS stars is detected in all three fields and can be traced as faint as g~24 mag. Using theoretical isochrone fitting we derive an age of 9.1(+1.0;-1.1)Gyr, a median abundance of [Fe/H]=-0.70 (+0.15; -0.20)dex and d_helio of 30.9+-3.0kpc for the MS of the Sgr Stream Branch A. The dominant main sequence populations in the two VSS/VOD fields (Lsun ~265 deg, Bsun ~13 deg) are located at a mean distance of 23.3+-1.6kpc and have an age ~8.2Gyr and an abundance [Fe/H]=-0.67(+0.16;-0.12)dex similar to the Sgr Stream stars. These parameters are also in good agreement with the age of the main population in the Sagittarius dwarf (8.0+-1.5Gyr). They also agree with the peak in the metallicity distribution of 2-3Gyr old M-giants, [Fe/H] ~ -0.6dex, in the Sgr leading arm north. We then compare the results from the VSS/VOD fields with the Sgr Tidal Stream model by Law & Majewski based on a triaxial Galactic halo that is calibrated with SDSS Sgr A-branch and 2MASS M-giant stars. We find that the most prominent feature in the CMDs, the MS population at 23kpc, is not explained by the model. Instead the model predicts in these directions a low density filamentary structure of Sgr debris stars at ~9kpc and a slightly higher concentration of Sgr stars spread from 42-53kpc. At best there is only marginal evidence for the presence of these populations in our data. Our findings then suggest that while there are probably some Sgr debris stars present, the dominant stellar population in the VOD originates from a different halo structure that has almost identical age and metallicity as some sections of the Sgr tidal stream.

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