Local RR Lyrae stars: native and alien Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Zinn R.
  2. Chen X.
  3. Layden A.C.
  4. Casetti-Dinescu D.I.
  5. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Measurements of [Fe/H] and radial velocity are presented for 89 RR Lyrae (RRL) candidates within 6kpc of the Sun. After the removal of two suspected non-RRLs, these stars were added to an existing data base, which yielded 464 RRLs with [Fe/H] on a homogeneous scale. Using data from the Gaia satellite (Data Release 2), we calculated the positions and space velocities for this sample. These data confirm the existence of a thin disc of RRL with [{alpha}/Fe]~solar. The majority of the halo RRLs with large total energies have near-zero angular momenta about the Z-axis. Kinematically, these stars closely resemble the Gaia-Sausage/Gaia-Enceladus stars that others have proposed are debris from the merger of a large galaxy with the Milky Way. The metallicity and period distributions of the RRLs and their positions in the period-amplitude diagram suggest that this disrupted galaxy was as massive as the Large Magellanic Cloud and possibly greater.

Keywords
  1. variable-stars
  2. milky-way-galaxy
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. spectroscopy
  5. photometry
  6. line-intensities
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020MNRAS.492.2161Z
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/492/2161
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/492/2161
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.74922161

Access

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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/492/2161
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/492/2161
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/492/2161
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IVOA Cone Search SCS
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http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table1?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table1?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table1?
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table5?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table5?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/492/2161/table5?

History

2023-05-30T15:41:59Z
Resource record created
2023-05-30T15:41:59Z
Created
2024-08-20T20:15:30Z
Updated

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