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Title: Nearest neighbor: The low-mass Milky Way satellite Tucana III

Abstract

We present Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of the recently discovered Milky Way satellite Tucana III (Tuc III). We identify 26 member stars in Tuc III from which we measure a mean radial velocity of v (hel) = -102.3 ± 0.4 (stat.) ± 2.0 (sys.) $$\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$, a velocity dispersion of $${0.1}_{-0.1}^{+0.7}$$ $$\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$, and a mean metallicity of $${\rm{[Fe/H]}}=-{2.42}_{-0.08}^{+0.07}$$. The upper limit on the velocity dispersion is σ < 1.5 $$\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$$ at 95.5% confidence, and the corresponding upper limit on the mass within the half-light radius of Tuc III is 9.0 × 10(4) M (⊙). We cannot rule out mass-to-light ratios as large as 240 M (⊙)/L (⊙) for Tuc III, but much lower mass-to-light ratios that would leave the system baryon-dominated are also allowed. We measure an upper limit on the metallicity spread of the stars in Tuc III of 0.19 dex at 95.5% confidence. Tuc III has a smaller metallicity dispersion and likely a smaller velocity dispersion than any known dwarf galaxy, but a larger size and lower surface brightness than any known globular cluster. Its metallicity is also much lower than those of the clusters with similar luminosity. We therefore tentatively suggest that Tuc III is the tidally stripped remnant of a dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxy, but additional precise velocity and metallicity measurements will be necessary for a definitive classification. If Tuc III is indeed a dwarf galaxy, it is one of the closest external galaxies to the Sun. Because of its proximity, the most luminous stars in Tuc III are quite bright, including one star at V = 15.7 that is the brightest known member star of an ultra-faint satellite.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Org.:
The DES Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1349626
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1368581; OSTI ID: 1390198
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1610.05301; FERMILAB-PUB-16-454-AE
Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357; KJ0402000; KJ0503000; ERKJ311; ERKJEPM; TRN: US1700600
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-76SF00515; AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 838; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; dark matter; galaxies: dwarf; galaxies: individual (Tucana III); galaxies: stellar content; Local Group; stars: abundances

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Simon, J. D., Li, T. S., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Marshall, J. L., James, D. J., Wang, M. Y., Strigari, L., Balbinot, E., Kuehn, K., Walker, A. R., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Doel, P., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Kuropatkin, N., Maia, M. A. G., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Rykoff, E. S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Whiteway, L., and Yanny, B. Nearest neighbor: The low-mass Milky Way satellite Tucana III. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa5be7.
Simon, J. D., Li, T. S., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Marshall, J. L., James, D. J., Wang, M. Y., Strigari, L., Balbinot, E., Kuehn, K., Walker, A. R., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Doel, P., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Kuropatkin, N., Maia, M. A. G., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Rykoff, E. S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Whiteway, L., & Yanny, B. Nearest neighbor: The low-mass Milky Way satellite Tucana III. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5be7
Simon, J. D., Li, T. S., Drlica-Wagner, A., Bechtol, K., Marshall, J. L., James, D. J., Wang, M. Y., Strigari, L., Balbinot, E., Kuehn, K., Walker, A. R., Abbott, T. M. C., Allam, S., Annis, J., Benoit-Lévy, A., Brooks, D., Buckley-Geer, E., Burke, D. L., Rosell, A. Carnero, Kind, M. Carrasco, Carretero, J., Cunha, C. E., D’Andrea, C. B., Costa, L. N. da, DePoy, D. L., Desai, S., Doel, P., Fernandez, E., Flaugher, B., Frieman, J., García-Bellido, J., Gaztanaga, E., Goldstein, D. A., Gruen, D., Gutierrez, G., Kuropatkin, N., Maia, M. A. G., Martini, P., Menanteau, F., Miller, C. J., Miquel, R., Neilsen, E., Nord, B., Ogando, R., Plazas, A. A., Romer, A. K., Rykoff, E. S., Sanchez, E., Santiago, B., Scarpine, V., Schubnell, M., Sevilla-Noarbe, I., Smith, R. C., Sobreira, F., Suchyta, E., Swanson, M. E. C., Tarle, G., Whiteway, L., and Yanny, B. Fri . "Nearest neighbor: The low-mass Milky Way satellite Tucana III". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa5be7. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1349626.
@article{osti_1349626,
title = {Nearest neighbor: The low-mass Milky Way satellite Tucana III},
author = {Simon, J. D. and Li, T. S. and Drlica-Wagner, A. and Bechtol, K. and Marshall, J. L. and James, D. J. and Wang, M. Y. and Strigari, L. and Balbinot, E. and Kuehn, K. and Walker, A. R. and Abbott, T. M. C. and Allam, S. and Annis, J. and Benoit-Lévy, A. and Brooks, D. and Buckley-Geer, E. and Burke, D. L. and Rosell, A. Carnero and Kind, M. Carrasco and Carretero, J. and Cunha, C. E. and D’Andrea, C. B. and Costa, L. N. da and DePoy, D. L. and Desai, S. and Doel, P. and Fernandez, E. and Flaugher, B. and Frieman, J. and García-Bellido, J. and Gaztanaga, E. and Goldstein, D. A. and Gruen, D. and Gutierrez, G. and Kuropatkin, N. and Maia, M. A. G. and Martini, P. and Menanteau, F. and Miller, C. J. and Miquel, R. and Neilsen, E. and Nord, B. and Ogando, R. and Plazas, A. A. and Romer, A. K. and Rykoff, E. S. and Sanchez, E. and Santiago, B. and Scarpine, V. and Schubnell, M. and Sevilla-Noarbe, I. and Smith, R. C. and Sobreira, F. and Suchyta, E. and Swanson, M. E. C. and Tarle, G. and Whiteway, L. and Yanny, B.},
abstractNote = {We present Magellan/IMACS spectroscopy of the recently discovered Milky Way satellite Tucana III (Tuc III). We identify 26 member stars in Tuc III from which we measure a mean radial velocity of v (hel) = -102.3 ± 0.4 (stat.) ± 2.0 (sys.) $\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$, a velocity dispersion of ${0.1}_{-0.1}^{+0.7}$ $\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$, and a mean metallicity of ${\rm{[Fe/H]}}=-{2.42}_{-0.08}^{+0.07}$. The upper limit on the velocity dispersion is σ < 1.5 $\mathrm{km}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$ at 95.5% confidence, and the corresponding upper limit on the mass within the half-light radius of Tuc III is 9.0 × 10(4) M (⊙). We cannot rule out mass-to-light ratios as large as 240 M (⊙)/L (⊙) for Tuc III, but much lower mass-to-light ratios that would leave the system baryon-dominated are also allowed. We measure an upper limit on the metallicity spread of the stars in Tuc III of 0.19 dex at 95.5% confidence. Tuc III has a smaller metallicity dispersion and likely a smaller velocity dispersion than any known dwarf galaxy, but a larger size and lower surface brightness than any known globular cluster. Its metallicity is also much lower than those of the clusters with similar luminosity. We therefore tentatively suggest that Tuc III is the tidally stripped remnant of a dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxy, but additional precise velocity and metallicity measurements will be necessary for a definitive classification. If Tuc III is indeed a dwarf galaxy, it is one of the closest external galaxies to the Sun. Because of its proximity, the most luminous stars in Tuc III are quite bright, including one star at V = 15.7 that is the brightest known member star of an ultra-faint satellite.},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/aa5be7},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 838,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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The R -Process Alliance: Chemical Abundances for a Trio of r -process-enhanced Stars—One Strong, One Moderate, and One Mild
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Can tides disrupt cold dark matter subhaloes?
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A Deeper Look at the New Milky Way Satellites: Sagittarius II, Reticulum II, Phoenix II, and Tucana III
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Chemical Abundances of New Member Stars in the Tucana II Dwarf Galaxy
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The velocity anisotropy of the Milky Way satellite system
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The hidden giant: Discovery of an enormous Galactic dwarf satellite in Gaia DR2
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Crater 2: An Extremely Cold Dark Matter Halo
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Chemical Abundances of new member stars in the Tucana II dwarf galaxy
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Dynamical Histories of the Crater II and Hercules Dwarf Galaxies
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