scholarly journals Mapping the Galactic halo with main-sequence and RR Lyrae stars

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
B. Sesar
Keyword(s):  
Main Sequence ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Lyrae Stars

scholarly journals WEAK GALACTIC HALO-DWARF SPHEROIDAL CONNECTION FROM RR LYRAE STARS

2014 ◽  
Vol 798 (1) ◽  
pp. L12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Fiorentino ◽  
Giuseppe Bono ◽  
Matteo Monelli ◽  
Peter B. Stetson ◽  
Eline Tolstoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Lyrae Stars

scholarly journals RR Lyrae to understand the Galactic halo

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (S317) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Giuliana Fiorentino
Keyword(s):  
Globular Clusters ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Halo Structure ◽  
Intrinsic Nature ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Dwarf Spheroidals ◽  
Lyrae Stars

AbstractWe present recent results obtained using old variable RR Lyrae stars on the Galactic halo structure and its connection with nearby dwarf galaxies. We compare the period and period-amplitude distributions for a sizeable sample of fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars (RRab) in dwarf spheroidals (~1300 stars) with those in the Galactic halo (~16'000 stars) and globular clusters (~1000 stars). RRab in dwarfs –as observed today– do not appear to follow the pulsation properties shown by those in the Galactic halo, nor they have the same properties as RRab in globulars. Thanks to the OGLE experiment we extended our comparison to massive metal–rich satellites like the dwarf irregular Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal. These massive and more metal–rich stellar systems likely have contributed to the Galactic halo formation more than classical dwarf spheroidals.Finally, exploiting the intrinsic nature of RR Lyrae as distance indicators we were able to study the period and period amplitude distributions of RRab within the Halo. It turned out that the inner and the outer Halo do show a difference that may suggest a different formation scenario (in situ vs accreted).

scholarly journals RR Lyrae Stars in the Newly Discovered Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxy Centaurus I*

2021 ◽  
Vol 162 (6) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
C. E. Martínez-Vázquez ◽  
W. Cerny ◽  
A. K. Vivas ◽  
A. Drlica-Wagner ◽  
A. B. Pace ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Distance Modulus ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
The One ◽  
Lyrae Stars

Abstract We report the detection of three RR Lyrae (RRL) stars (two RRc and one RRab) in the ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxy Centaurus I (Cen I) and two Milky Way (MW) δ Scuti/SX Phoenicis stars based on multi-epoch giz DECam observations. The two RRc stars are located within two times the half-light radius (r h ) of Cen I, while the RRab star (CenI-V3) is at ∼6 r h . The presence of three distant RRL stars clustered this tightly in space represents a 4.7σ excess relative to the smooth distribution of RRL in the Galactic halo. Using the newly detected RRL stars, we obtain a distance modulus to Cen I of μ 0 = 20.354 ± 0.002 mag (σ = 0.03 mag), a heliocentric distance of D ⊙ = 117.7 ± 0.1 kpc (σ = 1.6 kpc), with systematic errors of 0.07 mag and 4 kpc. The location of the Cen I RRL stars in the Bailey diagram is in agreement with other UFD galaxies (mainly Oosterhoff II). Finally, we study the relative rate of RRc+RRd (RRcd) stars (f cd) in UFD and classical dwarf galaxies. The full sample of MW dwarf galaxies gives a mean of f cd = 0.28. While several UFD galaxies, such as Cen I, present higher RRcd ratios, if we combine the RRL populations of all UFD galaxies, the RRcd ratio is similar to the one obtained for the classical dwarfs (f cd ∼ 0.3). Therefore, there is no evidence for a different fraction of RRcd stars in UFD and classical dwarf galaxies.

scholarly journals RR Lyrae Variable Stars and the Distance Scale

1978 ◽  
Vol 80 ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
S. V. M. Clube ◽  
J. A. Dawe
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Galactic Center ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Solar Neighborhood ◽  
Royal Greenwich Observatory ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Lyrae Stars ◽  
Kinematical Parameters

A statistical parallax algorithm (Clube and Dave, 1978a,b), using the technique of maximum likelihood, has been applied to a set of 103 ‘ab’ - RR Lyrae stars in the solar neighborhood (r 2<kpc), using observational data from the Royal Greenwich Observatory Bulletins. A second set of 130 ‘ab’ - RR Lyrae stars has been kindly supplied to us by Dr. A. Heck (Université de Liège) to permit a comparison between our analyses. The purpose of this investigation was:(a) to investigate the variations of kinematical parameters and absolute luminosities of these stars as functions of Preston's index ΔS and of log (Period).(b) to identify those RR Lyrae stars in the solar neighborhood which most closely resemble those in the galactic halo, those near the galactic center, and those in the Magellanic Clouds.

Theoretical Problems of Beta Cephei Stars

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 467-473
Author(s):  
Yoji Osaki
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Spectral Type ◽  
Main Sequence ◽  
Massive Stars ◽  
Instability Strip ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
M 10 ◽  
Classical Cepheids ◽  
Lyrae Stars

The Beta Cephei (or Beta Canis Majoris) stars are a small group of pulsating variables of early spectral type. There are some 20 “classical” β Cephei stars, and several new or suspected variables in this group. The classical β Cephei stars are confined in a narrow “instability strip” which lies about 1 mag above and nearly parallel to the zero-age main-sequence of massive stars (M~10-20 M⊙). They are thus located far away from other well-known pulsating variables such as classical Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars in the HR diagram.

scholarly journals [Fe/H] derived from the light curves of RR Lyrae stars in the Galactic halo

2006 ◽  
Vol 453 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wu ◽  
Y. L. Qiu ◽  
J. S. Deng ◽  
J. Y. Hu ◽  
Y. H. Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Lyrae Stars

scholarly journals LSST Observations of RR Lyrae Stars for Mapping the Galactic Halo

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S277) ◽  
pp. 300-304
Author(s):  
Hakeem M. Oluseyi ◽  
Andrew C. Becker ◽  
Christopher C. Culliton ◽  
Muhammad Furqan ◽  
Keri L. Hoadley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Curve ◽  
Local Group ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Variable Stars ◽  
Light Curves ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Galactic Halos ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Lyrae Stars

AbstractThe Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is an anticipated to undertake a 10–year, 3π steradian survey that promises to observe millions of new periodic variable stars. We report on a study to determine the efficiency of the LSST to recover the light curve properties of RR Lyrae stars. An LSST light curve simulation tool was used to sample input idealized light curves or RR Lyrae stars observed in SDSS Stripe 82 data, returning each as it would have been observed by LSST, including realistic photometric scatter, limiting magnitudes, and telescope downtime. Our results show that the LSST will be capable of mapping the spatial distributions and chemical compositions of halo stellar overdensities using RR Lyrae discovered across 3π steradians and out to nearly 1.5 Mpc. LSST will thus enable the mapping of halo merger streams, the discovery of new dwarf galaxies, and the mapping galactic halos throughout the Local Group galaxies.

scholarly journals Tango for three: Sagittarius, LMC, and the Milky Way

2020 ◽  
Vol 501 (2) ◽  
pp. 2279-2304
Author(s):  
Eugene Vasiliev ◽  
Vasily Belokurov ◽  
Denis Erkal
Keyword(s):  
Milky Way ◽  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Tentative Evidence ◽  
Virial Mass ◽  
Lyrae Stars ◽  
Astrometric Data ◽  
Gaia Dr2

ABSTRACT We assemble a catalogue of candidate Sagittarius stream members with 5D and 6D phase-space information, using astrometric data from Gaia DR2, distances estimated from RR Lyrae stars, and line-of-sight velocities from various spectroscopic surveys. We find a clear misalignment between the stream track and the direction of the reflex-corrected proper motions in the leading arm of the stream, which we interpret as a signature of a time-dependent perturbation of the gravitational potential. A likely cause of this perturbation is the recent passage of the most massive Milky Way satellite – the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We develop novel methods for simulating the Sagittarius stream in the presence of the LMC, using specially tailored N-body simulations and a flexible parametrization of the Milky Way halo density profile. We find that while models without the LMC can fit most stream features rather well, they fail to reproduce the misalignment and overestimate the distance to the leading arm apocentre. On the other hand, models with an LMC mass in the range $(1.3\pm 0.3)\times 10^{11}\, \mathrm{M}_\odot$ rectify these deficiencies. We demonstrate that the stream can not be modelled adequately in a static Milky Way. Instead, our Galaxy is required to lurch toward the massive in-falling Cloud, giving the Sgr stream its peculiar shape and kinematics. By exploring the parameter space of Milky Way potentials, we determine the enclosed mass within 100 kpc to be $(5.6\pm 0.4)\times 10^{11}\, \mathrm{M}_\odot$, and the virial mass to be $(9.0\pm 1.3)\times 10^{11}\, \mathrm{M}_\odot$, and find tentative evidence for a radially-varying shape and orientation of the Galactic halo.

scholarly journals Search for RR Lyrae stars in DES ultrafaint systems: Grus I, Kim 2, Phoenix II, and Grus II

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (2) ◽  
pp. 2183-2199 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E Martínez-Vázquez ◽  
A K Vivas ◽  
M Gurevich ◽  
A R Walker ◽  
M McCarthy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galactic Halo ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Horizontal Branch ◽  
Rr Lyrae Stars ◽  
Dark Energy Survey ◽  
Rr Lyrae ◽  
Magnitude Diagram ◽  
Lyrae Stars ◽  
Energy Survey ◽  
D 43

ABSTRACT This work presents the first search for RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) in four of the ultrafaint systems imaged by the Dark Energy Survey using SOAR/Goodman and Blanco/DECam imagers. We have detected two RRLs in the field of Grus I, none in Kim 2, one in Phoenix II, and four in Grus II. With the detection of these stars, we accurately determine the distance moduli for these ultrafaint dwarf satellite galaxies; μ0 = 20.51 ± 0.10 mag (D⊙ = 127 ± 6 kpc) for Grus I and μ0 = 20.01 ± 0.10 mag (D⊙ = 100 ± 5 kpc) for Phoenix II. These measurements are larger than previous estimations by Koposov et al. and Bechtol et al., implying larger physical sizes; 5 per cent for Grus I and 33 per cent for Phoenix II. For Grus II, of the four RRLs detected, one is consistent with being a member of the galactic halo (D⊙ = 24 ± 1 kpc, μ0 = 16.86 ± 0.10 mag), another is at D⊙ = 55 ± 2 kpc (μ0 = 18.71 ± 0.10 mag), which we associate with Grus II, and the two remaining at D⊙ = 43 ± 2 kpc (μ0 = 18.17 ± 0.10 mag). Moreover, the appearance of a subtle red horizontal branch in the colour–magnitude diagram of Grus II at the same brightness level of the latter two RRLs, which are at the same distance and in the same region, suggests that a more metal-rich system may be located in front of Grus II. The most plausible scenario is the association of these stars with the Chenab/Orphan Stream. Finally, we performed a comprehensive and updated analysis of the number of RRLs in dwarf galaxies. This allows us to predict that the method of finding new ultrafaint dwarf galaxies using two or more clumped RRLs will work only for systems brighter than MV ∼ −6 mag.

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