A halo substructure in Gaia Data Release 1

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作者
Myeong, G. C. [1 ]
Evans, N. W. [1 ]
Belokurov, V. [1 ]
Koposov, S. E. [1 ,2 ]
Sanders, J. L. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[2] Carnegie Mellon Univ, Dept Phys, McWilliams Ctr Cosmol, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
关键词
galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: structure; DEBRIS STREAMS; STELLAR; DISTANCES;
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10.1093/mnrasl/slx051
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
xWe identify a halo substructure in the Tycho Gaia Astrometric Solution (TGAS) data set, cross-matched with the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE-on) data release. After quality cuts, the stars with large radial action (J(R) > 800 km s(-1) kpc) are extracted. A subset of these stars is clustered in longitude and velocity and can be selected with further cuts. The 14 stars are centred on (X, Y, Z) approximate to (9.0, -1.0, -0.6) kpc and form a coherently moving structure in the halo with median (v(R), v(phi) , v(z)) = (167.33, 0.86, -94.85) km s(-1). They are all metal-poor giants with median [Fe/H] = -0.83. To guard against the effects of distance errors, we compute spectrophotometric distances for 8 out of the 14 stars where this is possible. We find that six of the stars are still comoving. These six stars also have a much tighter [Fe/H] distribution similar to -0.7 with one exception ([Fe/H]= -2.12). We conclude that the existence of the comoving cluster is stable against changes in distance estimation and conjecture that this is the dissolving remnant of a globular cluster accreted long ago.
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