Mapping the Tidal Destruction of the Hercules Dwarf: A Wide-field DECam Imaging Search for RR Lyrae Stars | |
Crnojevic, Denija6; Bechtol, Keith5; Carlin, Jeffrey L.5; Strader, Jay8; Zou, Hu7; Zhou, Xu7; Nie, Jundan7; Zhang, Tianmeng7; Zhou, Zhimin7; Peng, Xiyan7 | |
刊名 | ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL |
2018 | |
卷号 | 852期号:1 |
关键词 | Galaxies: Dwarf Galaxies: Individual (Hercules) Local Group Stars: Variables: Rr Lyrae |
DOI | 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9bf1 |
文献子类 | Article |
英文摘要 | We investigate the hypothesized tidal disruption of the Hercules ultra-faint dwarf galaxy (UFD). Previous tidal disruption studies of the Hercules UFD have been hindered by the high degree of foreground contamination in the direction of the dwarf. We bypass this issue by using RR Lyrae stars, which are standard candles with a very low field-volume density at the distance of Hercules. We use wide-field imaging from the Dark Energy Camera on CTIO to identify candidate RR Lyrae stars, supplemented with observations taken in coordination with the Beijing-Arizona Sky Survey on the Bok Telescope. Combining color, magnitude, and light-curve information, we identify three new RR Lyrae stars associated with Hercules. All three of these new RR Lyrae stars lie outside its published tidal radius. When considered with the nine RR Lyrae stars already known within the tidal radius, these results suggest that a substantial fraction of Hercules' stellar content has been stripped. With this degree of tidal disruption, Hercules is an interesting case between a visibly disrupted dwarf (such as the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy) and one in dynamic equilibrium. The degree of disruption also shows that we must be more careful with the ways we determine object membership when estimating dwarf masses in the future. One of the three discovered RR Lyrae stars sits along the minor axis of Hercules, but over two tidal radii away. This type of debris is consistent with recent models that suggest Hercules' orbit is aligned with its minor axis. |
WOS关键词 | DARK-MATTER ANNIHILATION ; MILKY-WAY SATELLITE ; SPHEROIDAL GALAXY ; GALACTIC SATELLITES ; VARIABLE-STARS ; COMA BERENICES ; SKY SURVEY ; LOW-MASS ; LEO V ; PHOTOMETRY |
WOS研究方向 | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000419341900006 |
资助机构 | National Astronomical Observatories of China ; National Astronomical Observatories of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB09000000 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB09000000 ; Ministry of Finance ; Ministry of Finance ; Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(11433005) ; Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(11433005) ; NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)(AST-1151462) ; NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)(AST-1151462) ; NSF(AST-1412504 ; NSF(AST-1412504 ; Packard Fellowship ; Packard Fellowship ; 114A11KYSB20160057) ; 114A11KYSB20160057) ; AST-1514763) ; AST-1514763) ; National Astronomical Observatories of China ; National Astronomical Observatories of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB09000000 ; Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB09000000 ; Ministry of Finance ; Ministry of Finance ; Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(11433005) ; Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(11433005) ; NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)(AST-1151462) ; NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER)(AST-1151462) ; NSF(AST-1412504 ; NSF(AST-1412504 ; Packard Fellowship ; Packard Fellowship ; 114A11KYSB20160057) ; 114A11KYSB20160057) ; AST-1514763) ; AST-1514763) |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/20308] |
专题 | 国家天文台_光学天文研究部 |
作者单位 | 1.Space Telescope Sci Inst, 3700 San Martin Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA 2.Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, 140 W 18th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 USA 3.Haverford Coll, Dept Astron, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041 USA 4.Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, 933 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 5.Univ Arizona, LSST, 933 N Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA 6.Texas Tech Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Box 41051, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Key Lab Opt Astron, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 8.Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Crnojevic, Denija,Bechtol, Keith,Carlin, Jeffrey L.,et al. Mapping the Tidal Destruction of the Hercules Dwarf: A Wide-field DECam Imaging Search for RR Lyrae Stars[J]. ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,2018,852(1). |
APA | Crnojevic, Denija.,Bechtol, Keith.,Carlin, Jeffrey L..,Strader, Jay.,Zou, Hu.,...&Garling, Christopher.(2018).Mapping the Tidal Destruction of the Hercules Dwarf: A Wide-field DECam Imaging Search for RR Lyrae Stars.ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL,852(1). |
MLA | Crnojevic, Denija,et al."Mapping the Tidal Destruction of the Hercules Dwarf: A Wide-field DECam Imaging Search for RR Lyrae Stars".ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 852.1(2018). |
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