DESI observations of the Andromeda galaxy Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Dey A.
  2. Najita J.R.
  3. Koposov S.E.
  4. Josephy-Zack J.
  5. Maxemin G.
  6. Bell E.F.,Poppett C.
  7. Patel E.
  8. Beraldo Silva L. e
  9. Raichoor A.
  10. Schlegel D.,Lang D.
  11. Meisner A.
  12. Myers A.D.
  13. Aguilar J.
  14. Ahlen S.
  15. Allende Prieto C.,Brooks D.
  16. Cooper A.P.
  17. Dawson K.S.
  18. de la Macorra A.
  19. Doel P.,Font-Ribera A.
  20. Garcia-Bellido J.
  21. Gontcho Gontcho S. A
  22. Guy J.,Honscheid K.
  23. Kehoe R.
  24. Kisner T.
  25. Kremin A.
  26. Landriau M.
  27. Le Guillou L.,Levi M.E.
  28. Li T.S.
  29. Martini P.
  30. Miquel R.
  31. Moustakas J.
  32. Nie J.,Palanque-Delabrouille N.
  33. Prada F.
  34. Schlafly E.F.
  35. Sharples R.M.,Tarle G.
  36. Ting Y.-S.
  37. Tyas L.
  38. Valluri M.
  39. Wechsler R.H.
  40. Zou H.
  41. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) observations of the inner halo of M31, which reveal the kinematics of a recent merger-a galactic immigration event-in exquisite detail. Of the 11416 sources studied in 3.75hr of on-sky exposure time, 7438 are M31 sources with well-measured radial velocities. The observations reveal intricate coherent kinematic structure in the positions and velocities of individual stars: streams, wedges, and chevrons. While hints of coherent structures have been previously detected in M31, this is the first time they have been seen with such detail and clarity in a galaxy beyond the Milky Way. We find clear kinematic evidence for shell structures in the Giant Stellar Stream, the Northeast Shelf, and Western Shelf regions. The kinematics are remarkably similar to the predictions of dynamical models constructed to explain the spatial morphology of the inner halo. The results are consistent with the interpretation that much of the substructure in the inner halo of M31 is produced by a single galactic immigration event 1-2Gyr ago. Significant numbers of metal-rich stars ([Fe/H]{>}-0.5) are present in all of the detected substructures, suggesting that the immigrating galaxy had an extended star formation history. We also investigate the ability of the shells and Giant Stellar Stream to constrain the gravitational potential of M31, and estimate the mass within a projected radius of 125kpc to be log_10_M_NFW_(<125kpc)/M_{sun}_=11.80_-0.10_^+0.12^. The results herald a new era in our ability to study stars on a galactic scale and the immigration histories of galaxies.

Keywords
  1. galaxies
  2. visible-astronomy
  3. spectroscopy
  4. infrared-photometry
  5. broad-band-photometry
  6. metallicity
  7. redshifted
  8. radial-velocity
  9. h-ii-regions
  10. planetary-nebulae
  11. quasars
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2023ApJ...944....1D
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