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后发星系团中的巨大纤细恒星流

A giant thin stellar stream in the Coma Galaxy Cluster

Javier Román, R. Michael Rich, Niusha Ahvazi, Laura Sales, Chester Li, Giulia Golini, Ignacio Trujillo, Johan H. Knapen, Reynier F. Peletier, Pablo M. Sánchez-Alarcón

AI总结:

本文报道在后发星系团中发现一条长约510 kpc、极其暗弱且形态纤细的自由漂浮恒星流,并将其解释为近期被吸积的潮汐瓦解矮星系,通过Illustris-TNG50模拟验证了此类结构在Λ-CDM框架下的存在,为暗物质研究提供了新环境。

摘要:

对动力学冷恒星流的研究揭示了它们所处引力势的信息,并为暗物质性质提供了重要约束。然而,它们固有的暗弱特性使得在本地环境之外的探测极具挑战性。在此,我们报告了在后发星系团中探测到的一条极其暗弱的恒星流($\mu_{g,max}=$ 29.5 mag arcsec$^{-2}$),其形态异常连贯且纤细。这条巨大的后发恒星流长度约达510 kpc,表现为一个自由漂浮的结构,位于距离后发星系团中心0.8 Mpc的投影距离处。我们未识别出任何潜在的星系遗迹或核心,且该恒星流结构在我们的数据中呈现无特征形态。我们将这条巨大的后发恒星流解释为一个近期被吸积、正经历潮汐瓦解的被动矮星系。利用Illustris-TNG50模拟,我们识别出一个具有相似特征的案例,表明尽管这类恒星流较为罕见,但在$\Lambda$-CDM框架下被预测为存在。我们的工作揭示了星系团中自由漂浮、极其暗弱且纤细的恒星流的存在,拓宽了它们在暗物质性质研究中未来应用的环境背景。

英文摘要:

The study of dynamically cold stellar streams reveals information about the gravitational potential where they reside and provides important constraints on dark matter properties. However, their intrinsic faintness makes detection beyond Local environments highly challenging. Here we report the detection of an extremely faint stellar stream ($μ_{g,max}=$ 29.5 mag arcsec$^{-2}$) with an extraordinarily coherent and thin morphology in the Coma Galaxy Cluster. This Giant Coma Stream spans ~510 kpc in length and appears as a free-floating structure located at a projected distance of 0.8 Mpc from the centre of Coma. We do not identify any potential galaxy remnant or core, and the stream structure appears featureless in our data. We interpret the Giant Coma Stream as being a recently accreted, tidally disrupting passive dwarf. Using the Illustris-TNG50 simulation, we identify a case with similar characteristics, showing that, although rare, these types of streams are predicted to exist in $Λ$-CDM. Our work unveils the presence of free-floating, extremely faint and thin stellar streams in galaxy clusters, widening the environmental context for their promising future applications in the study of dark matter properties.

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