2016ApJ...819...53W -
Astrophys. J., 819, 53 (2016/March-1)
Magellan/M2FS spectroscopy of Tucana 2 and Grus 1.
WALKER M.G., MATEO M., OLSZEWSKI E.W., KOPOSOV S., BELOKUROV V., JETHWA P., NIDEVER D.L., BONNIVARD V., BAILEY III J.I., BELL E.F. and LOEBMAN S.R.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present results from spectroscopic observations with the Michigan/Magellan Fiber System (M2FS) of 147 stellar targets along the line of sight to the newly discovered "ultrafaint" stellar systems Tucana 2 (Tuc 2) and Grus 1 (Gru 1). Based on simultaneous estimates of line of sight velocity and stellar-atmospheric parameters, we identify 8 and 7 stars as probable members of Tuc 2 and and Gru 1, respectively. Our sample for Tuc 2 is sufficient to resolve an internal velocity dispersion of 8.6–2.7+4.4 km s–1 about a mean of -129.1–3.5+3.5 km s–1 (solar rest frame), and to estimate a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -2.23–0.12+0.18. These results place Tuc 2 on chemodynamical scaling relations followed by dwarf galaxies, suggesting a dominant dark matter component with dynamical mass 2.7–1.3+3.1×106M☉ enclosed within the central ∼160 pc, and dynamical mass-to-light ratio 1913–950+2234M☉/LV,☉. For Gru 1 we estimate a mean velocity of -140.5–1.6+2.4 km s–1 and a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -1.42–0.42+0.55 but our sample does not resolve Gru 1's velocity dispersion. The radial coordinates of Tuc 2 and Gru 1 in Galactic phase space suggest that their orbits are among the most energetic within a distance of ≲300 kpc. Moreover, their proximity to each other in this space arises naturally if both objects are trailing the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: individual: (Tucana 2, Gru 1) - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - Local Group - techniques: spectroscopic
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Nomenclature:
Table 1: [WMO2016] Tuc2 NNN (Nos 1-137), [WMO2016] Gru1 NNN (Nos 1-133).
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