Possible streams of the globular clusters in the Galaxy

被引:12
作者
Gao, Shuang [1 ]
Jiang, Bi-Wei
Zhao, Yong-Heng
机构
[1] Beijing Normal Univ, Dept Astron, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China
来源
CHINESE JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS | 2007年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词
globular clusters : general; Galaxy : formation; Galaxy : halo;
D O I
10.1088/1009-9271/7/1/08
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We aim to retrieve ghost streams under the assumption that all the globular clusters in our Galaxy were formed in very early merge events. Our results are based on two speculations: that the specific energy and angular momentum of the globular clusters after merge are not changed in the course of evolution and that the globular clusters with a common origin would stay in the same orbit plane as the parent galaxy. After taking into account the apogalacticum distance of the orbits, we suggest with some confidence five possible streams. The number of streams is consistent with the previous results. Three of the four well established members of the Sagittarius stream were found to be in one of our streams. Several other globular clusters in our result were also thought to come from accretion by previous researchers. The orbital parameters of the streams are derived, which provide a way to test whether these streams are true with the help of more accurate measurement of proper motions of the globular clusters.
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页码:111 / 119
页数:9
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