Untangling Magellanic Streams
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| author | Zaritsky, Dennis Chandra, Vedant Conroy, Charlie Bonaca, Ana Cargile, Phillip A. Naidu, Rohan P. |
| author_facet | Zaritsky, Dennis Chandra, Vedant Conroy, Charlie Bonaca, Ana Cargile, Phillip A. Naidu, Rohan P. |
| contents | The Magellanic Stream (MS) has long been known to contain multiple H I strands and corresponding stellar populations are beginning to be discovered. Combining a sample of 17 stars from the H3 ("Hectochelle in the Halo at High Resolution") survey with 891 stars drawn from the Gaia DR3 catalog, we trace stars along a sub-dominant strand of the MS, as defined by gas content, across 30$^\circ$ on the sky. We find that the corresponding dominant strand at the similar position along the MS is devoid of stars with Galactocentric distance $\lesssim 55$ kpc while the subdominant strand shows a close correspondence to such stars. We conclude that (1) these two Stream strands have different origins, (2) they are likely only close in projection, (3) the subdominant strand is tidal in origin, and (4) the subdominant strand is composed of "disk" material, gas and stars, with a chemical composition that marginally favors it coming from the Small Magellanic Cloud. |
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| spellingShingle | Untangling Magellanic Streams Zaritsky, Dennis Chandra, Vedant Conroy, Charlie Bonaca, Ana Cargile, Phillip A. Naidu, Rohan P. Astrophysics of Galaxies The Magellanic Stream (MS) has long been known to contain multiple H I strands and corresponding stellar populations are beginning to be discovered. Combining a sample of 17 stars from the H3 ("Hectochelle in the Halo at High Resolution") survey with 891 stars drawn from the Gaia DR3 catalog, we trace stars along a sub-dominant strand of the MS, as defined by gas content, across 30$^\circ$ on the sky. We find that the corresponding dominant strand at the similar position along the MS is devoid of stars with Galactocentric distance $\lesssim 55$ kpc while the subdominant strand shows a close correspondence to such stars. We conclude that (1) these two Stream strands have different origins, (2) they are likely only close in projection, (3) the subdominant strand is tidal in origin, and (4) the subdominant strand is composed of "disk" material, gas and stars, with a chemical composition that marginally favors it coming from the Small Magellanic Cloud. |
| title | Untangling Magellanic Streams |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15044 |