期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 885, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab45ec
关键词
Dwarf galaxies; Stellar populations; Tidal disruption; Galactic and extragalactic astronomy; HST photometry; Spectroscopy
资金
- NASA through Space Telescope Science Institute [HST-GO-15182.001]
- NSF [AST-1821987, AST-1821967, AST-1813708, AST-1813466, AST-1908972, AST-1813881, AST-1815403, AST-1312997, AST-1815767]
- National Science Foundation [AST-1816196, NSF PHY-1748958, PHY-1607611]
- NASA [HST-GO-15228, NAS 5-26555]
- Packard Foundation
The ultra-faint dwarf galaxy LeoV has shown both photometric overdensities and kinematic members at large radii, along with a tentative kinematic gradient, suggesting that it may have undergone a close encounter with the Milky Way. We investigate these signs of disruption through a combination of (i) high precision photometry obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), (ii) two epochs of stellar spectra obtained with the Hectochelle Spectrograph on the MMT, and (iii) measurements from the Gaia mission. Using the HST data, we examine one of the reported stream-like overdensities at large radii, and conclude that it is not a true stellar stream, but instead a clump of foreground stars and background galaxies. Our spectroscopic analysis shows that one known member star is likely a binary, and challenges the membership status of three others, including two distant candidates that had formerly provided evidence for overall stellar mass loss. We also find evidence that the proposed kinematic gradient across LeoV might be due to small number statistics. We update the systemic proper motion of LeoV, finding 5 half-light radii from the main body. These stars require further investigation. Therefore, the nature of LeoV still remains an open question.
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