Sagittarius stream stars with APOGEE obs. Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Hasselquist S.
  2. Carlin J.L.
  3. Holtzman J.A.
  4. Shetrone M.
  5. Hayes C.R.,Cunha K.
  6. Smith V.
  7. Beaton R.L.
  8. Sobeck J.
  9. Allende Prieto C.,Majewski S.R.
  10. Anguiano B.
  11. Bizyaev D.
  12. Garcia-Hernandez D.A.
  13. Lane R.R.,Pan K.
  14. Nidever D.L.
  15. Fernandez-Trincado J.G.
  16. Wilson J.C.
  17. Zamora O.
  18. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The SDSS-IV Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) survey provides precise chemical abundances of 18 chemical elements for ~176000 red giant stars distributed over much of the Milky Way Galaxy (MW), and includes observations of the core of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr). The APOGEE chemical abundance patterns of Sgr have revealed that it is chemically distinct from the MW in most chemical elements. We employ a k-means clustering algorithm to six-dimensional chemical space defined by [(C+N)/Fe], [O/Fe], [Mg/Fe], [Al/Fe], [Mn/Fe], and [Ni/Fe] to identify 62 MW stars in the APOGEE sample that have Sgr-like chemical abundances. Of the 62 stars, 35 have Gaia kinematics and positions consistent with those predicted by N-body simulations of the Sgr stream, and are likely stars that have been stripped from Sgr during the last two pericenter passages (<2Gyr ago). Another 20 of the 62 stars exhibit chemical abundances indistinguishable from the Sgr stream stars, but are on highly eccentric orbits with median rapo ~25kpc. These stars are likely the "accreted" halo population thought to be the result of a separate merger with the MW 8-11 Gyr ago. We also find one hypervelocity star candidate. We conclude that Sgr was enriched to [Fe/H]~-0.2 before its most recent pericenter passage. If the "accreted halo" population is from one major accretion event, then this progenitor galaxy was enriched to at least [Fe/H]~-0.6, and had a similar star formation history to Sgr before merging.

Keywords
  1. Galaxies
  2. Spectroscopy
  3. Stellar associations
  4. Infrared astronomy
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2019ApJ...872...58H
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2020-10-14T09:19:54Z
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