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New Views From Galactoseismology: Rethinking the Galactic Disk-Halo Connection
- Allyson A. Sheffield, Kathryn V. Johnston, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Anastasios Tzanidakis, Chervin F. P. Laporte, Ting Li, Maria Bergemann, Branimir Sesar, Jeffrey L. Carlin
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 13 / Issue S334 / July 2017
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- 02 August 2018, pp. 185-188
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- July 2017
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We present preliminary results from a study exploring the origin of Milky Way substructures, and show initial evidence of a common “kicked-out” formation mechanism for two low-latitude substructures. In this scenario, stars in these substructures formed in the disk and were subsequently “kicked-out” by an external perturbation, such as the merger of an accreted satellite, which created an oscillation in the Galactic disk. To test this origin scenario, we found the fraction of different stellar populations – M giants and RR Lyrae stars – in the Monoceros Ring (also known as GASS) and A13, supplementing a study of stellar populations in the Triangulum-Andromeda cloud. This work provides: (1) the first analysis of the GASS and A13 features based upon their stellar populations; and (2) preliminary evidence of disk stars in the Milky Way that have been relocated to the disk-halo interface due to vertical oscillations of the Milky Way’s disk.
Reconstructing the Accretion History of the Galactic Halo Using Stellar Chemical Abundance Ratio Distributions
- Duane M. Lee, Kathryn V. Johnston, Bodhisattva Sen, Will Jessop
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S317 / August 2015
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- 09 May 2016, pp. 328-329
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- August 2015
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In this study we tested the prospects of using 2D chemical abundance ratio distributions (CARDs) found in stars of the stellar halo to determine its formation history. First, we used simulated data from eleven “MW-like” halos to generate satellite template sets of 2D CARDs of accreted dwarf satellites which are comprised of accreted dwarfs from various mass regimes and epochs of accretion. Next, we randomly drew samples of ~ 103–4 mock observations of stellar chemical abundance ratios ([α/Fe], [Fe/H]) from those eleven halos to generate samples of the underlying densities for our CARDs to be compared to our templates in our analysis. Finally, we used the expectation-maximization algorithm to derive accretion histories in relation to the satellite template set (STS) used and the sample size. For certain STS used we typically can identify the relative mass contributions of all accreted satellites to within a factor of 2. We also find that this method is particularly sensitive to older accretion events involving low-luminous dwarfs e.g. ultra-faint dwarfs — precisely those events that are too ancient to be seen by phase-space studies of stars and too faint to be seen by high-z studies of the early Universe. Since our results only exploit two chemical dimensions and near-future surveys promise to provide ~ 6–9 dimensions, we conclude that these new high-resolution spectroscopic surveys of the stellar halo will allow us (given the development of new CARD–generating dwarf models) to recover the luminosity function of infalling dwarf galaxies — and the detailed accretion history of the halo — across cosmic time.
Origins of Stellar Halos
- Kathryn V. Johnston
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S317 / August 2015
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- 09 May 2016, pp. 1-8
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- August 2015
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This contribution reviews ideas about the origins of stellar halos. It includes discussion of the theoretical understanding of and observational evidence for stellar populations formed “in situ” (meaning formed in orbits close to their current ones), “kicked-out” (meaning formed in the inner galaxy in orbits unlike their current ones) and “accreted” (meaning formed in a dark matter halo other than the one they currently occupy). At this point there is general agreement that a significant fraction of any stellar halo population is likely “accreted”. There is modest evidence for the presence of a “kicked-out” population around both the Milky Way and M31. Our theoretical understanding of and the observational evidence for an “in situ” population are less clear.
Globular Cluster Streams as Galactic High-Precision Scales
- Andreas H.W. Küpper, Eduardo Balbinot, Ana Bonaca, Kathryn V. Johnston, David W. Hogg, Pavel Kroupa, Basilio X. Santiago
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S317 / August 2015
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- 09 May 2016, pp. 140-144
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Tidal streams of globular clusters are ideal tracers of the Galactic gravitational potential. Compared to the few known, complex and diffuse dwarf-galaxy streams, they are kinematically cold, have thin morphologies and are abundant in the halo of the Milky Way. Their coldness and thinness in combination with potential epicyclic substructure in the vicinity of the stream progenitor turns them into high-precision scales. With the example of Palomar 5, we demonstrate how modeling of a globular cluster stream allows us to simultaneously measure the properties of the disrupting globular cluster, its orbital motion, and the gravitational potential of the Milky Way.
Contributions to the Galactic halo from in-situ, kicked-out, and accreted stars
- Allyson A. Sheffield, Kathryn V. Johnston, Katia Cunha, Verne V. Smith, Steven R. Majewski
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 11 / Issue S317 / August 2015
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- 09 May 2016, pp. 241-246
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We report chemical abundances for a sample of 66 M giants with high S/N high-resolution spectroscopy in the inner halo of the Milky Way. The program giant stars have radial velocities that vary significantly from those expected for stars moving on uniform circular orbits in the Galactic disk. Thus, based on kinematics, we expect a sample dominated by halo stars. Abundances are derived for α-elements and neutron capture elements. By analyzing the multi-dimensional abundance space, the formation site of the halo giants – in-situ or accreted – can be assessed. Of particular interest are a class of stars that form in-situ, deep in the Milky Way's gravitational potential well, but are “kicked out” of the disk into the halo due to a perturbation event. We find: (1) our sample is dominated by accreted stars and (2) tentative evidence of a small kicked-out population in our Milky Way halo sample.
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Galactic chemical abundance distributions in a ΛCDM universe
- Andreea S. Font, Kathryn V. Johnston, James S. Bullock, Brant Robertson
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 1 / Issue C198 / March 2005
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Observations suggest systematic differences between chemical abundances of stars in satellite galaxies and those in the Milky Way halo. Specifically, for the same [Fe/H] values, stars in surviving satellite galaxies display significantly lower [α/Fe] ratios than stars in the stellar halo.
Here we investigate whether the observed differences can be explained in the framework of hierarchical structure formation. We model the chemical enrichment of a typical Milky Way galaxy in a ΛCDM Universe using, in combination, i) a semi-analytical code and numerical simulations that model the accretion and disruption of halo substructure and ii) a chemical evolution model that takes into account each satellite's star formation, metal enrichment and stellar feedback. Our results suggest that the observed chemical abundance patterns are a natural outcome in the process of hierarchical assembly of the Galaxy. We find that the stellar halo is built up from satellite galaxies accreted early on (more than 8–9 Gyr ago) and enriched in α-elements produced in Type II supernovae (average [α/Fe] values between 0.2–0.5). In contrast, satellites which survive today were typically accreted late (within the last 4–5 Gyr) and had at the time of accretion nearly solar [α/Fe] values as a result of the longer contribution of Type Ia supernovae.
Dark Matter Constraints from the Sagittarius Dwarf and Tail System
- Steven R. Majewski, David R. Law, Kathryn V. Johnston, Michael F. Skrutskie, Martin D. Weinberg
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 220 / 2004
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- 26 May 2016, pp. 189-194
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2MASS has provided a three-dimensional map of the > 360°, wrapped tidal tails of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy, as traced by M giant stars. With the inclusion of radial velocity data for stars along these tails, strong constraints exist for dynamical models of the Milky Way-Sgr interaction. N-body simulations of Sgr disruption with model parameters spanning a range of initial conditions (e.g., Sgr mass and orbit, Galactic rotation curve, halo flattening) are used to find parameterizations that match almost every extant observational constraint of the Sgr system. We discuss the implications of the Sgr data and models for the orbit, mass and M/L of the Sgr bound core as well as the strength, flattening, and lumpiness of the Milky Way potential.
Constraining the Distribution of Dark Matter Lumps Around the Milky Way Using Tidal Debris
- Kathryn V. Johnston, David N. Spergel, Christian Haydn
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union / Volume 208 / 2003
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- 26 May 2016, pp. 209-214
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Dwarf galaxies that fall into the Milky Way's potential are tidally disrupted. Their tidal tails are one of the most powerful probes of the mass distribution in the Galaxy. If the distribution of dark matter in the Galaxy is lumpy, then these lumps will scatter stars in the stream and alter its shape. We describe our approach to using the tidal debris to constrain substructure in the Galaxy halo.
The Grid Giant Star Survey for the Space Interferometry Mission
- Richard J. Patterson, Steven R. Majewski, Catherine L. Slesnick, Jaehyon Rhee, Jeffrey D. Crane, Allyson A. Polak, Arunav Kundu, William E. Kunkel, Douglas Geisler, Ricardo Muñoz, Jose Arenas, Juan Seguel, Wolfgang Gieren, Verne V. Smith, G. Fritz Benedict, Kathryn V. Johnston
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium / Volume 183 / 2001
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- 12 April 2016, pp. 65-74
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NASA’s Space Interferometry Mission (SIM), scheduled for launch in 2009, will determine the positions of thousands of stars as faint as V = 20 to a precision better than 4 microarcseconds (µas). A key part of the mission is the Astrometric Grid, which is a reference frame of several thousand stars with V ≤ 13 against which all relative measurements will be calibrated. To serve as a reliable inertial reference frame, the Grid must be astrometrically stable against photocenter jitter (from planets, binary companions, flaring or spotting) at the ~ 4µas level. Sub–solar metallicity giant stars, by virtue of their intrinsic luminosity, can probe the Galaxy to greater distances than almost any other stellar type at the same apparent magnitude. Thus, distant (> 3 kpc) giants with V < 13 will have proportionately smaller astrometric jitter compared to other potential Astrometric Grid star candidates. The Grid Giant Star Survey is a patchwork all-sky survey to find sub–solar metallicity K giants for the Grid, and to provide a unique database for studies of Galactic stellar populations. We describe here the survey characteristics and give examples of results to date.
Measuring Mass Loss Rates from Galactic Satellites
- Kathryn V. Johnston, Stein Sigurdsson, Lars Hernquist
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium / Volume 172 / 1999
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- 12 April 2016, pp. 397-398
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Number count profiles of many Galactic and some extra-galactic satellite systems show evidence for associated stars beyond the cut-off in density that is identified as the point of tidal limitation (e.g. Irwin & Hatzidimitriou 1995, Grillmair et al. 1995). These “extra-tidal” stars are assumed to be debris lost from the satellite due to heating or stripping by the Galactic tidal field or (in the case of globular clusters) evaporation of stars over the tidal boundary. In this contribution we present a method for using these features to measure the mass loss rate from the satellite, and test it on the results of numerical simulations of satellite disruption. A more detailed discussion of all aspects of this work can be found in Johnston, Sigurdsson & Hemquist (1998).
In the numerical simulations, the satellite’s evolution along an orbit in a three component rigid model of the Galaxy is followed using a self-consistent field (SCF) code (developed by Hernquist & Ostriker 1992) to calculate the mutual interactions of stars in the satellite. Figure 1 shows the annularly averaged number surface density from one example simulation “observed” from the viewpoint of the center of the Galaxy after several Gigayears. The closed (open) symbols show the profile recovered if only bound (all) stars are considered. Clearly there is a break in the open symbols at the radius rbreak where the analysis becomes dominated by unbound stars.