Table · dataset · 2015
M2FS stellar spectroscopy of Reticulum 2
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We present results from spectroscopic observations with the Michigan/Magellan Fiber System (M2FS) of 182 stellar targets along the line of sight (LOS) to the newly discovered "ultrafaint" object Reticulum 2 (Ret 2).
Description
For 37 of these targets, the spectra are sufficient to provide simultaneous estimates of LOS velocity ({nu}i_los_, median random error {delta}_{nu}los_=1.4km/s), effective temperature (T_eff_, {delta}_Tef_=478K), surface gravity (logg, {delta}_logg_=0.63dex), and iron abundance ([Fe/H], {delta}_[Fe/H]_=0.47dex).
We use these results to confirm 17 stars as members of Ret 2. From the member sample we estimate a velocity dispersion of {sigma}_{nu}los_=3.6_-0.7_^+1.0^km/s about a mean of <{nu}_los_>=64.3_1.2_^+1.2^km/s in the solar rest frame (~-90.9km/s in the Galactic rest frame), and a metallicity dispersion of {sigma}_[Fe/H]_=0.49_-0.14_^+0.19^dex about a mean of <[Fe/H]_>=-2.58_-0.33_^+0.34^. These estimates marginalize over possible velocity and metallicity gradients, which are consistent with zero.
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Our results place Ret 2 on chemodynamical scaling relations followed by the Milky Way's dwarf-galactic satellites. Under assumptions of dynamic equilibrium and negligible contamination from binary stars --both of which must be checked with deeper imaging and repeat spectroscopic observations-- the estimated velocity dispersion suggests a dynamical mass of M(R_h_)~5R_h_{sigma}_{nu}los_^2^/(2G)=2.4_-0.8_^+1.4^x10^5^M_{sun}_ enclosed within projected halflight radius R_h_~32pc, with mass-to-light ratio ~2M(R_h_)/L_V_=467_-168_^+286^ in solar units.
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- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/808/108 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2015ApJ...808..108W ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...808..108W ↗
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- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/apj/808/108 ↗
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Topics
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics
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- Imaging 75%
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