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超暗矮星系网室II的恒星动力学和金属丰度

Stellar Kinematics and Metallicities in the Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxy Reticulum II

J. D. Simon, A. Drlica-Wagner, T. S. Li, B. Nord, M. Geha, K. Bechtol, E. Balbinot, E. Buckley-Geer, H. Lin, J. Marshall, B. Santiago, L. Strigari, M. Wang, R. … 展开作者

J. D. Simon, A. Drlica-Wagner, T. S. Li, B. Nord, M. Geha, K. Bechtol, E. Balbinot, E. Buckley-Geer, H. Lin, J. Marshall, B. Santiago, L. Strigari, M. Wang, R. H. Wechsler, B. Yanny, T. Abbott, A. H. Bauer, G. M. Bernstein, E. Bertin, D. Brooks, D. L. Burke, D. Capozzi, A. Carnero Rosell, M. Carrasco Kind, C. B. D'Andrea, L. N. da Costa, D. L. DePoy, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Dodelson, C. E Cunha, J. Estrada, A. E. Evrard, A. Fausti Neto, E. Fernandez, D. A. Finley, B. Flaugher, J. Frieman, E. Gaztanaga, D. Gerdes, D. Gruen, R. A. Gruendl, K. Honscheid, D. James, S. Kent, K. Kuehn, N. Kuropatkin, O. Lahav, M. A. G. Maia, M. March, P. Martini, C. J. Miller, R. Miquel, R. Ogando, A. K. Romer, A. Roodman, E. S. Rykoff, M. Sako, E. Sanchez, M. Schubnell, I. Sevilla, R. C. Smith, M. Soares-Santos, F. Sobreira, E. Suchyta, M. E. C. Swanson, G. Tarle, J. Thaler, D. Tucker, V. Vikram, A. R. Walker, W. Wester

摘要:

我们提出了麦哲伦/M2 FS,VLT/GIRAFFE,双子座南/GMOS光谱的新发现的银河系卫星网状II。根据从暗能量巡天成像中选取的25颗Ret II成员星的光谱,我们测量到平均日心速度为62.8 +/- 0.5 km/s,速度色散为3.3 +/- 0.7 km/s。Ret II在其半光半径内的质光比为470 +/- 210 Msun/Lsun,表明它是一个强暗物质主导的系统。尽管它在空间上接近麦哲伦云,但Ret II的径向速度与LMC和SMC的径向速度分别相差199和83 km/s,这表明它不受麦哲伦星系的引力约束。Ret II的可能成员星的金属丰度跨度为1.3 dex,色散为0.28 +/- 0.09 dex,我们还发现了几颗[Fe/H] <-3的极贫金属星。结合它的光度、大小和椭圆率,这些结果证实了Ret II是一个超微弱的矮星系。Ret II的平均金属丰度[Fe/H] = -2.65 +/- 0.07,与Segue~1相匹配,是已知最贫金属的星系。虽然Ret II是距离银河系第三近的矮星系,但其暗物质密度平方的视线积分在0.2度范围内为log J = 18.8 +/- 0.6 Gev^2/cm^5,这表明Ret II中暗物质湮灭产生的伽马射线通量低于其他几个矮星系。

英文摘要:

We present Magellan/M2FS, VLT/GIRAFFE, and Gemini South/GMOS spectroscopy of the newly discovered Milky Way satellite Reticulum II. Based on the spectra of 25 Ret II member stars selected from Dark Energy Survey imaging, we measure a mean heliocentric velocity of 62.8 +/- 0.5 km/s and a velocity dispersion of 3.3 +/- 0.7 km/s. The mass-to-light ratio of Ret II within its half-light radius is 470 +/- 210 Msun/Lsun, demonstrating that it is a strongly dark matter-dominated system. Despite its spatial proximity to the Magellanic Clouds, the radial velocity of Ret II differs from that of the LMC and SMC by 199 and 83 km/s, respectively, suggesting that it is not gravitationally bound to the Magellanic system. The likely member stars of Ret II span 1.3 dex in metallicity, with a dispersion of 0.28 +/- 0.09 dex, and we identify several extremely metal-poor stars with [Fe/H] < -3. In combination with its luminosity, size, and ellipticity, these results confirm that Ret II is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy. With a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -2.65 +/- 0.07, Ret II matches Segue~1 as the most metal-poor galaxy known. Although Ret II is the third-closest dwarf galaxy to the Milky Way, the line-of-sight integral of the dark matter density squared is log J = 18.8 +/- 0.6 Gev^2/cm^5 within 0.2 degrees, indicating that the predicted gamma-ray flux from dark matter annihilation in Ret II is lower than that of several other dwarf galaxies.

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