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银河系外晕卫星的光谱分析:Aquarius II和Boötes II

Spectroscopic analysis of Milky Way outer halo satellites: Aquarius II and Bootes II

Jordan Bruce, Ting S. Li, Andrew B. Pace, Mairead Heiger, Ying-Yi Song, Joshua D. Simon

AI总结:

本文利用Magellan/IMACS光谱数据分析了两个超暗弱矮星系Aquarius II和Boötes II的化学与运动学特征,测得了更精确的系统速度、金属丰度和速度弥散,并计算J因子评估了其暗物质湮灭探测潜力。

摘要:

本文利用Magellan/IMACS光谱数据,对两个超暗弱矮星系(UFDs)Aquarius II(Aqu~II)和Boötes II(Boo~II)进行了化学和运动学分析。我们给出了Boo~II迄今最大的成员星样本(12颗),以及Aqu~II最大的带有金属丰度测量的红巨星支成员样本(8颗)。在这两个UFDs中,基于Gaia自行选择的目标中超过80%被证实为光谱成员星。为了最大化恒星运动学测量的精度,我们剔除了已识别的双星和天琴座RR型变星。对于Aqu~II,我们测得其系统速度为$-65.3 \pm 1.8$ km s$^{-1}$,金属丰度为[Fe/H] = $-2.57^{+0.17}_{-0.17}$。与先前测量相比,这些值显示出约6 km s$^{-1}$的径向速度差异和0.27 dex的金属丰度下降。类似地,对于Boo~II,我们测得系统速度为$-130.4^{+1.4}_{-1.1}$ km s$^{-1}$,与文献值相差超过10 km s$^{-1}$;金属丰度小了近1 dex,为[Fe/H] = $-2.71^{+0.11}_{-0.10}$;速度弥散小了3倍,为$σ_{v_{\rm hel}} = 2.9^{+1.6}_{-1.2}$ km s$^{-1}$。此外,我们推导了系统自行参数,并对两个UFDs的轨道进行了建模。最后,我们强调了Aqu~II极度受暗物质主导的特性,并计算了这两个星系的J因子以辅助暗物质湮灭的搜寻。尽管Boo~II体积小且距离近,但由于其低速度弥散和相应的低暗物质密度,它只是暗物质湮灭间接探测的中等目标。

英文摘要:

In this paper we present a chemical and kinematic analysis of two ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs), Aquarius II (Aqu~II) and \text{Boötes II} (Boo~II), using Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy. We present the largest sample of member stars for Boo~II (12), and the largest sample of red-giant-branch members with metallicity measurements for Aqu~II (8). In both UFDs, over 80\% of targets selected based on $Gaia$ proper motions turned out to be spectroscopic members. In order to maximize the accuracy of stellar kinematic measurements, we remove the identified binary stars and RR Lyrae variables. For Aqu~II we measure a systemic velocity of $-65.3 \pm 1.8$ km s$^{-1}$ and a metallicity of [Fe/H] = $-2.57^{+0.17}_{-0.17}$. When compared with previous measurements, these values display a $\sim 6$ km s$^{-1}$ difference in radial velocity and a decrease of 0.27 dex in metallicity. Similarly for Boo~II, we measure a systemic velocity of $-130.4^{+1.4}_{-1.1}$ km s$^{-1}$, more than 10 km s$^{-1}$ different from the literature, a metallicity almost 1 dex smaller at [Fe/H] = $-2.71^{+0.11}_{-0.10}$, and a velocity dispersion 3 times smaller at $σ_{v_{\rm hel}} = 2.9^{+1.6}_{-1.2}$ km s$^{-1}$. Additionally, we derive systemic proper motion parameters and model the orbits of both UFDs. Finally, we highlight the extremely dark matter dominated nature of Aqu~II and compute the J-factor for both galaxies to aid searches of dark matter annihilation. Despite the small size and close proximity of Boo~II, it is an intermediate target for the indirect detection of dark matter annihilation due to its low velocity dispersion and corresponding low dark matter density.

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