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超暗矮星系候选者II的性质:鲸鱼座II的例子

On The Nature of ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Candidates II: The case of Cetus II

Blair C. Conn, Helmut Jerjen, Dongwon Kim, Mischa Schirmer

摘要:

我们获得了超暗矮星系候选者鲸鱼座II的深双子座GMOS-S $g,r$测光,目的是提供更强的约束其大小,光度和恒星星族。鲸鱼座II在大小光度平面上是一个重要的天体,因为它位于矮星系和星团之间的过渡区。所有已知的小于鲸鱼座II($r_h \sim 20$ pc)的天体都是星团,而大多数较大的天体可能是矮星系。我们在鲸鱼座II的色星等图中发现了一个显著过剩的主序星,最好的描述是一个年龄为11.2 Gyr,金属丰度为[Fe/H] = $-1.28$ dex,日心距离为26.3 $\pm$ 1.2 kpc的[ $α$ /Fe] = 0.0 dex的单一恒星星族。除了在空间上位于人马座矮潮汐流内外,这些性质与人马座星系的B族恒星非常匹配。有趣的是,就像我们最近对超暗矮星系候选者Tucana V的发现一样,尽管追踪了超过6个星等的主序列,但鲸鱼座II方向的恒星场没有显示出集中的过密度的证据。这些结果有力地支持了鲸鱼座II不是银河系晕中的一个超暗恒星系统,而是由人马座潮汐流中的恒星组成的这一观点。

英文摘要:

We obtained deep Gemini GMOS-S $g,r$ photometry of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidate Cetus II with the aim of providing stronger constraints on its size, luminosity and stellar population. Cetus II is an important object in the size-luminosity plane as it occupies the transition zone between dwarf galaxies and star clusters. All known objects smaller than Cetus II ($r_h \sim 20$ pc) are reported to be star clusters, while most larger objects are likely dwarf galaxies. We found a prominent excess of main-sequence stars in the colour-magnitude diagram of Cetus II, best described by a single stellar population with an age of 11.2 Gyr, metallicity of [Fe/H] = $-1.28$ dex, an [$α$/Fe] = 0.0 dex at a heliocentric distance of 26.3$\pm$1.2 kpc. As well as being spatially located within the Sagittarius dwarf tidal stream, these properties are well matched to the Sagittarius galaxy's Population B stars. Interestingly, like our recent findings on the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidate Tucana V, the stellar field in the direction of Cetus II shows no evidence of a concentrated overdensity despite tracing the main sequence for over six magnitudes. These results strongly support the picture that Cetus II is not an ultra-faint stellar system in the Milky Way halo, but made up of stars from the Sagittarius tidal stream.

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