論文

査読有り
2017年12月11日

Stellar Stream and Halo Structure in the Andromeda Galaxy From a Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey

The Astrophysical Journal
  • Kohei Hayashi

853
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開始ページ
29
終了ページ
29
記述言語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3847/1538-4357/aaa129
出版者・発行元
American Astronomical Society

We present wide and deep photometry of the northwest part of the halo of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) using Hyper Suprime-Cam on the Subaru Telescope. The survey covers 9.2 deg$^{2}$ field in the $g$, $i$, and $NB515$ bands and shows a clear red giant branch (RGB) of M31's halo stars and a pronounced red clump (RC) feature. The spatial distribution of RC stars shows a prominent stream feature, the North Western (NW) Stream, and a diffuse substructure in the south part of our survey field. We estimate the distances based on the RC method and obtain $(m-M)$ = 24.63$\pm 0.191$(random)$\pm0.057$(systematic) and 24.29$\pm 0.211$(random)$\pm0.057$(systematic) mag for the NW stream and diffuse substructure, respectively, implying that the NW Stream is located behind M31, whereas the diffuse substructure is located in front. We also estimate line-of-sight distances along the NW Stream and find that the south part of the stream is $\sim$20 kpc closer to us relative to the north part. The distance to the NW Stream inferred from the isochrone fi tting to the color-magnitude diagram favors the RC-based distance, but the TRGB-based distance estimated for $NB515$-selected RGB stars does not agree with it. The surface number density distribution of RC stars across the NW Stream is found to be approximately Gaussian with a FWHM of $\sim$25 arcmin (5.7 kpc), with a slight skew to the south-west side. That along the NW Stream shows a complicated structure including variations in number density and a significant gap in the stream.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa129
arXiv
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1712.03654
URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/853/i=1/a=29?key=crossref.7e3f5ac4609da307416bae683963a704
URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/853/i=1/a=29/pdf
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa129
  • ISSN : 1538-4357
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • eISSN : 1538-4357
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 67727255
  • arXiv ID : arXiv:1712.03654
  • SCOPUS ID : 85041137061

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