Radial velocities, abundances & membership in TriII

DOI

Among the Milky Way satellites discovered in the past three years, Triangulum II has presented the most difficulty in revealing its dynamical status. Kirby+ (2015ApJ...814L...7K) identified it as the most dark-matter-dominated galaxy known, with a mass-to-light ratio within the half-light radius of 3600_-2100_^+3500^M_{sun}/L{sun}. On the other hand, Martin+ (2016ApJ...818...40M) measured an outer velocity dispersion that is 3.5+/-2.1 times larger than the central velocity dispersion, suggesting that the system might not be in equilibrium. From new multi-epoch Keck/DEIMOS measurements of 13 member stars in Triangulum II, we constrain the velocity dispersion to be {sigma}_v<3.4km/s (90%C.L.). Our previous measurement of {sigma}v, based on six stars, was inflated by the presence of a binary star with variable radial velocity. We find no evidence that the velocity dispersion increases with radius. The stars display a wide range of metallicities, indicating that Triangulum II retained supernova ejecta and therefore possesses, or once possessed, a massive dark matter halo. However, the detection of a metallicity dispersion hinges on the membership of the two most metal-rich stars. The stellar mass is lower than galaxies of similar mean stellar metallicity, which might indicate that Triangulum II is either a star cluster or a tidally stripped dwarf galaxy. Detailed abundances of one star show heavily depressed neutron-capture abundances, similar to stars in most other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies but unlike stars in globular clusters.

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Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.18380083
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Provenance
Creator Kirby E.N.; Cohen J.G.; Simon J.D.; Guhathakurta P.; Thygesen A.O.,Duggan G.E.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2017
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics