Srg tidal tails red giants properties

Thanks to the large number of stars of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) sample, we can study the properties of streams as a function of the {LAMBDA}s from the Sgr core. Using the ~22000 RGB stars from the ninth data release of SDSS, we selected 1100 RGB stars belonging to the streams of the Sgr.

As compared with red horizontal branch stars (Shi et al., 2012, Cat. J/ApJ/751/130) the RGB stars constitute a large sample size and extend to a metal-poor component of [Fe/H]~-3.0dex. In particular, this RGB sample has a significant number of stars in the second wrap of the leading stream of the Sgr (leading arm 2), and thus provides a good opportunity to understand the properties of the leading stream.