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用DECam在Milky Way中发现遥远的RR天琴座星

Discovery of distant RR Lyrae stars in the Milky Way using DECam

Gustavo Medina, Ricardo Muñoz, Katherina Vivas, Jeffrey Carlin, Francisco Förster, Jorge Martínez, Lluis Galbany, Santiago González-Gaitán, Mario Hamuy, Thomas … 展开作者

Gustavo Medina, Ricardo Muñoz, Katherina Vivas, Jeffrey Carlin, Francisco Förster, Jorge Martínez, Lluis Galbany, Santiago González-Gaitán, Mario Hamuy, Thomas de Jaeger, Juan Carlos Maureira, Jaime San Martín

摘要:

我们报告了遥远的天琴座RR星的发现,包括银河系中已知的最遥远的恒星,使用暗能量相机在$g-$波段拍摄的数据作为高节奏瞬态巡天(HiTS; 2014活动)的一部分。我们在~120度^[2]的区域内总共探测到173颗RR型天琴座恒星,包括已知的RR型天琴座和新探测到的。全部样本的日心距d_H在9至>200千秒差距之间,其中18个样本超过90千秒差距。根据MCMC方法,我们用rho(R)~ R^n形式的球形和椭球形轮廓拟合了星系晕中RR天琴座的径向密度分布。最佳拟合对应于球形的情况下,我们得到了一个简单的幂律指数n=-4.17 ^{+0.18}_{-0.20},与最近的研究与样本覆盖较短的距离。样品(d_H>90 kpc)中最外层的RR天琴座的脉动性质与近距离的晕族不同。这些恒星在周期振幅图中的分布表明它们属于奥斯特霍夫中间或奥斯特霍夫II群,类似于银河系周围超微弱的矮卫星。新发现的遥远恒星代表了对外晕中银河系潜力的少数现有示踪物的重要补充。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of distant RR Lyrae stars, including the most distant known in the Milky Way, using data taken in the $g-$band with the Dark Energy Camera as part of the High cadence Transient Survey (HiTS; 2014 campaign). We detect a total of 173 RR Lyrae stars over a ~120 deg^2 area, including both known RR Lyrae and new detections. The heliocentric distances d_H of the full sample range from 9 to >200 kpc, with 18 of them beyond 90 kpc. We identify three sub-groups of RR Lyrae as members of known systems: the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy, for which we report 46 new discoveries, and the ultra-faint dwarf galaxies Leo IV and Leo V. Following an MCMC methodology, we fit spherical and ellipsoidal profiles of the form rho(R) ~ R^n to the radial density distribution of RR Lyrae in the Galactic halo. The best fit corresponds to the spherical case, for which we obtain a simple power-law index of n=-4.17^{+0.18}_{-0.20}, consistent with recent studies made with samples covering shorter distances. The pulsational properties of the outermost RR Lyrae in the sample (d_H>90 kpc) differ from the ones in the halo population at closer distances. The distribution of the stars in a Period-Amplitude diagram suggest they belong to Oosterhoff-intermediate or Oosterhoff II groups, similar to what is found in the ultra-faint dwarf satellites around the Milky Way. The new distant stars discovered represent an important addition to the few existing tracers of the Milky Way potential in the outer halo.

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