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Ships Passing in the Night: Spectroscopic Analysis of Two Ultra-faint Satellites in the Constellation Carina
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WoS WOS:000430968800012
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:85046472239
DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/AAB666
Año 2018
Tipo artículo de investigación

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Autores Afiliación Chile

Instituciones Chile

% Participación
Internacional

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Instituciones
Extranjeras


Abstract



We present Magellan/IMACS, Anglo-Australian Telescope/AAOmega+2dF, and Very Large Telescope/GIRAFFE+FLAMES spectroscopy of the Carina. II ( Car II) and Carina. III ( Car III) dwarf galaxy candidates, recently discovered in the Magellanic Satellites Survey ( MagLiteS). We identify 18 member stars in Car. II, including two binaries with variable radial velocities and two RR Lyrae stars. The other 14 members have a mean heliocentric velocity v(hel) = 477.2 +/- 1.2 km s(-1) and a velocity dispersion of sigma(v) 3.4(-0.8)(vertical bar 1.2) km s(-1). Assuming Car II is in dynamical equilibrium, we derive a total mass within the half-light radius of 1.0(-0.4)(+0.8) x 10(6) M circle dot, indicating a mass-to-light ratio of 369(-161)(+309) M circle dot/L circle dot. From equivalent width measurements of the calcium triplet lines of nine red giant branch (RGB) stars, we derive a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -2.44 +/- 0.09 with dispersion sigma([Fe/H]) = 0.22(-0.07)(+0.10). Considering both the kinematic and chemical properties, we conclude that Car II is a dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxy. For Car III, we identify four member stars, from which we calculate a systemic velocity of vhel = 284.6(-3.1)(+3.4) km S-1. The brightest RGB member of Car. III has a metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.97 +/- 0.12. Due to the small size of the Car III spectroscopic sample, we cannot conclusively determine its nature. Although these two systems have the smallest known physical separation (Delta d similar to 10 kpc) among Local Group satellites, the large difference in their systemic velocities, similar to 200 km s(-1), indicates that they are unlikely to be a bound pair. One or both systems are likely associated with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and may remain LMC satellites today. No statistically significant excess of gamma-ray emission is found at the locations of Car II and Car III in eight years of Fermi-LAT data.

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Astrophysical Journal 0004-637X

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Ord. Autor Género Institución - País
1 Bulik, T. Hombre Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab - Estados Unidos
UNIV CHICAGO - Estados Unidos
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics - Estados Unidos
The University of Chicago - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
2 Simon, Joshua D. Hombre Carnegie Inst Sci - Estados Unidos
Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
Carnegie Observatories - Estados Unidos
3 Pace, A. B. Hombre Texas A&M Univ - Estados Unidos
Texas A&M University - Estados Unidos
4 Torrealba, G. - Acad Sinica - Taiwán
Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics - Taiwán
5 Kuehn, K. Hombre Australian Astron Observ - Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory - Australia
6 Drlica-Wagner, A. Hombre Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab - Estados Unidos
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
7 Bechtol, K. Hombre Large Synopt Survey Telescope - Estados Unidos
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope - Estados Unidos
8 Vivas, A. Katherina Mujer Natl Opt Astron Observ - Chile
Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory - Chile
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Chile
9 van der Marel, R. P. Hombre Space Telescope Sci Inst - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins Univ - Estados Unidos
STScI - Estados Unidos
Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences - Estados Unidos
Space Telescope Science Institute - Estados Unidos
10 Wood, M. Hombre Universidad de Stanford - Estados Unidos
SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab - Estados Unidos
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
Stanford University - Estados Unidos
11 Yanny, B. Hombre Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab - Estados Unidos
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
12 Belokurov, Vasily Hombre UNIV CAMBRIDGE - Reino Unido
Institute of Astronomy - Reino Unido
13 Jethwa, Prashin - ESO - Alemania
14 Zucker, D. B. Hombre Macquarie Univ - Australia
Australian Astron Observ - Australia
Macquarie University - Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory - Australia
15 Lewis, Geraint Hombre UNIV SYDNEY - Australia
The University of Sydney - Australia
16 Kron, R. - Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab - Estados Unidos
UNIV CHICAGO - Estados Unidos
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
The University of Chicago - Estados Unidos
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Estados Unidos
17 Ségransan, Damien Hombre Natl Opt Astron Observ - Estados Unidos
National Optical Astronomy Observatory - Estados Unidos
18 Sanchez-Conde, M. A. Hombre UNIV AUTONOMA MADRID - España
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - España
19 Ji, Alexander P. Hombre Observatorio Las Campanas - Estados Unidos
Carnegie Observatories - Estados Unidos
20 Conn, Blair C. - Mt Stromlo & Siding Spring Observ - Australia
Australian National University, Mount Stromlo Observatory - Australia
21 James, David J. Hombre Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos
22 Martin, N. F. Hombre Univ Strasbourg - Francia
Max Planck Inst Astron - Alemania
Université de Strasbourg - Francia
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy - Alemania
23 Martinez-Delgado, D. Hombre Heidelberg Univ - Alemania
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg - Alemania
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut - Alemania
24 Noël, N. E.D. Mujer Univ Surrey - Reino Unido
University of Surrey - Reino Unido
25 MagLiteS Collaboration Corporación

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Financiamiento



Fuente
National Science Foundation
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Australian Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. National Science Foundation
Ohio State University
Science and Technology Facilities Council
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Chicago
Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom
Ministry of Science and Education of Spain
Higher Education Funding Council for England
National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago
Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacao
Space Telescope Science Institute
Comunidad de Madrid
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Collaborating Institutions in the Dark Energy Survey
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Ohio State University
Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
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This project used data obtained with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which was constructed by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaboration. Funding for the DES Projects has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Ministry of Science and Education of Spain, the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Kavli Institute of Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics at the Ohio State University, the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos, Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico and the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovacão, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the Collaborating Institutions in the Dark Energy Survey. The Collaborating Institutions are Argonne National Laboratory, the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Cambridge, Centro de Investigaciones Enérgeticas, Medioam-bientales y Tecnológicas-Madrid, the University of Chicago, University College London, the DES-Brazil Consortium, the University of Edinburgh, the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (IEEC/CSIC), the Institut de Física d’Altes Energies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and the associated Excellence Cluster Universe, the University of Michigan, the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, the University of Nottingham, the Ohio State University, the OzDES Membership Consortium the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Portsmouth, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, the University of Sussex, and Texas A&M University.

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