Journal
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 400, Issue 4, Pages 2128-2134Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15607.x
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methods: data analysis; binaries: general; Galaxy: halo
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- Isbel Fletcher Studentship
- National University of Ireland Traveling Studentship
- Isaac Newton Studentship
- Trinity College
- STFC
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [PP/E00105X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [PP/E00105X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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We report on a search for new wide halo binary stars in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82. A list of new halo wide binary candidates which satisfy common proper motion and photometric constraints is provided. The projected separations of the sample lie between 0.007 and 0.25 pc. Although the sample is not large enough to improve constraints on dark matter in the halo, we find the wide binary angular separation function is broadly consistent with past work. We discuss the significance of the new sample for a number of astrophysical applications, including as a testbed for ideas about wide binary formation. For the subset of candidates which have radial velocity information, we make use of integrals of motion to investigate one such scheme in which the origin of Galactic wide binaries is associated with the accretion/disruption of stellar systems in the Galaxy. Additional spectroscopic observations of these candidate binaries will strengthen their usefulness in many of these respects. Based on our search experience in Stripe 82 we estimate that the upcoming Pan-STARRS survey will increase the sample size of wide halo binaries by over an order of magnitude.
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