K giant stars along Sagittarius streams

Based on the models of Law & Majewski (2010ApJ...714..229L), we identified 252 K giant stars in the leading stream associated with the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy. We obtained 132 K giant stars belonging to the trailing arm of Sgr using the model of Belokurov et al. We studied the metallicity distribution of member stars along the streams and found a flat gradient in the first wrap of the leading stream, -(0.88+/-0.3)x10^-3^dex/deg in the second wrap of the leading stream and -(1.2+/-0.3)x10^-3^dex/deg in the first wrap of the trailing stream.

Moreover, we obtained a combined metallicity gradient with our sample and data from the literature. We also analyzed the properties of an overdensity, which is located in the leading stream of the Sgr.