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HALO7D I:Milky Way晕中远距离主序星的视线速度

HALO7D I: The Line of Sight Velocities of Distant Main Sequence Stars in the Milky Way Halo

Emily C. Cunningham, Alis J. Deason, Constance M. Rockosi, Puragra Guhathakurta, Zachary G. Jennings, Evan N. Kirby, Elisa Toloba, Guillermo Barro

摘要:

Halo Assembly in Lambda-CDM:Observations in 7 Dimensions(HALO 7 D)数据集由Keck II/DEIMOS光谱和哈勃空间望远镜测量的CANDELS场中银河系晕主序星的自行组成。在本文中,我们提出了这个数据集的光谱组成部分,并讨论了目标选择,观测策略,和调查性质。我们提出了一种新的方法来测量视线(LOS)速度相结合的多个光谱观测一个给定的明星,利用贝叶斯分层建模。我们提出了四个HALO 7 D场的LOS速度分布,并估计其平均值和分散。所有的LOS分布都是由“热晕”主导的:我们的领域都不是由LOS速度分量中的运动学冷的子结构主导的。我们估计的LOS速度分散在不同的领域是一致的,这些估计是一致的研究使用其他类型的示踪剂。为了补充我们的观测,我们使用合成测量软件Galaxia进行模拟HALO 7 D测量,以“模拟”Bullock & Johnston(2005)吸积的恒星晕。基于这些模拟数据集,在四个HALO 7 D领域一致的LOS速度分布表明,HALO 7 D样本是由来自相同的大质量(或少数相对大质量)吸积事件的恒星占主导地位。

英文摘要:

The Halo Assembly in Lambda-CDM: Observations in 7 Dimensions (HALO7D) dataset consists of Keck II/DEIMOS spectroscopy and Hubble Space Telescope-measured proper motions of Milky Way halo main sequence turnoff stars in the CANDELS fields. In this paper, we present the spectroscopic component of this dataset, and discuss target selection, observing strategy, and survey properties. We present a new method of measuring line-of-sight (LOS) velocities by combining multiple spectroscopic observations of a given star, utilizing Bayesian hierarchical modeling. We present the LOS velocity distributions of the four HALO7D fields, and estimate their means and dispersions. All of the LOS distributions are dominated by the "hot halo": none of our fields are dominated by substructure that is kinematically cold in the LOS velocity component. Our estimates of the LOS velocity dispersions are consistent across the different fields, and these estimates are consistent with studies using other types of tracers. To complement our observations, we perform mock HALO7D surveys using the synthetic survey software Galaxia to "observe'" the Bullock & Johnston (2005) accreted stellar halos. Based on these simulated datasets, the consistent LOS velocity distributions across the four HALO7D fields indicates that the HALO7D sample is dominated by stars from the same massive (or few relatively massive) accretion event(s).

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