To the Galactic Virial Radius with Hyper Suprime-Cam

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作者
Deason, Alis J. [1 ]
Belokurov, Vasily [2 ,3 ]
Koposov, Sergey E. [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Inst Computat Cosmol, South Rd, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[2] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[3] Flatiron Inst, Ctr Computat Astrophys, 162 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010 USA
[4] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2018年 / 852卷 / 02期
基金
日本学术振兴会; 美国国家科学基金会; 欧洲研究理事会; 美国国家航空航天局; 日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
Galaxy: halo; Galaxy: stellar content; Galaxy: structure; Magellanic Clouds; VELOCITY DISPERSION PROFILE; HORIZONTAL-BRANCH STARS; DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; DARK-MATTER HALO; WAY STELLAR HALO; MILKY-WAY; MAGELLANIC STREAM; SAGITTARIUS STREAM; DENSITY PROFILE; MASS ESTIMATORS;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/aa9d19
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We exploit the exquisite, deep Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) imaging data to probe the Galactic halo out to 200 kpc. Using the similar to 100 square degree, multiband photometry of the first HSC Wide survey data release, we identify blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars beyond 50 kpc in the halo. The presence of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stream in the HSC fields produces a notable excess of stars at the apocenter of the leading arm (similar to 50-60 kpc). For fields excluding Sgr, the BHB counts are consistent with a continuation of a -4 power law from the inner halo. However, we find that the majority of the non-Sgr BHB stars beyond 50 kpc reside in one 27 square degree HSC field called "VVDS." Curiously, this field is located close to the Magellanic plane, and we hypothesize that the excess of stars between 50 and 200 kpc could be associated with distant Magellanic debris. Indeed, without the VVDS, there are very few BHBs in the remaining portions of the Galaxy probed by the HSC. Accordingly, this scarcity of tracers is consistent with a significant decline in stellar density beyond 50 kpc, with a power law of -4 or steeper.
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