K giant stars along Sagittarius streams

The Large Sky-Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) Data Release 3 provided 341 691 K giant stars with stellar parameters. 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.

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Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/17.76
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Creator Ren H.-B.; Shi W.-B.; Zhang X.; Tang Y.-K.; Zhang Y.; Hou Y.-H.; Wang Y.-F.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2017
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy