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武仙座-天鹰座云中的强RR过剩

Strong RR Lyrae excess in the Hercules-Aquila Cloud

Iulia T. Simion, Vasily Belokurov, Mike Irwin, Sergey E. Koposov

摘要:

我们使用卡特琳娜巡天报告的~ 14,000 RR天琴座的精确3D位置绘制银河系恒星晕中的大尺度子结构。在日心距离10-25 kpc的范围内,在天空中大约以30° < l < 55°和-45° < b < -25°为界的区域,似乎有大量的RRab星。这种高密度,峰值在18千秒差距,最有可能与所谓的武仙座-天鹰座云有关,之前使用斯隆数字巡天数据中类似距离的主序列示踪剂检测到。我们对该地区RR型天琴座的周期-振幅分布的分析表明,HAC以Oosterhoff I型种群为主。通过比较测量的RR天琴座数密度的平滑恒星晕的模型,我们估计的意义所观察到的过剩,并提供一个更新的估计的总光度的云的祖。

英文摘要:

We map the large-scale sub-structure in the Galactic stellar halo using accurate 3D positions of ~14,000 RR Lyrae reported by the Catalina Sky Survey. In the heliocentric distance range of 10-25 kpc, in the region of the sky approximately bounded by 30° < l < 55° and -45° < b < -25°, there appears to be a strong excess of RRab stars. This overdensity, peaking at 18 kpc, is most likely associated with the so-called Hercules-Aquila Cloud, previously detected using Main Sequence tracers at similar distances in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. Our analysis of the period-amplitude distribution of RR Lyrae in this region indicates that the HAC is dominated by the Oosterhoff I type population. By comparing the measured RR Lyrae number density to models of a smooth stellar halo, we estimate the significance of the observed excess and provide an updated estimate of the total luminosity of the Cloud's progenitor.

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