GHOST commissioning science results -- IV: Chemodynamical analyses of Milky Way satellites Sagittarius II and Aquarius II
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| author | Zaremba, Daria Venn, Kim Hayes, Christian R. Errani, Raphaël Cornejo, Triana Glover, Jennifer Jensen, Jaclyn McConnachie, Alan W. Navarro, Julio F. Pazder, John Sestito, Federico Anthony, André Andersen, Dave Baker, Gabriella Chin, Timothy Churilov, Vladimir Diaz, Ruben Farrell, Tony Firpo, Veronica Gomez-Jimenez, Manuel Henderson, David Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steve Miller, Bryan Robertson, J. Gordon Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Silversides, Katherine Silva, Karleyne Young, Peter J. Zhelem, Ross |
| author_facet | Zaremba, Daria Venn, Kim Hayes, Christian R. Errani, Raphaël Cornejo, Triana Glover, Jennifer Jensen, Jaclyn McConnachie, Alan W. Navarro, Julio F. Pazder, John Sestito, Federico Anthony, André Andersen, Dave Baker, Gabriella Chin, Timothy Churilov, Vladimir Diaz, Ruben Farrell, Tony Firpo, Veronica Gomez-Jimenez, Manuel Henderson, David Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steve Miller, Bryan Robertson, J. Gordon Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Silversides, Katherine Silva, Karleyne Young, Peter J. Zhelem, Ross |
| contents | We present Gemini/GHOST high-resolution spectra of five stars observed in two low surface brightness Milky Way satellites, Sagittarius II (Sgr2) and Aquarius II (Aqu2). For Aqu2, the velocities and metallicities of the two stars are consistent with membership in a dark matter-dominated ultra faint dwarf galaxy (UFD). The chemical abundance ratios suggest inefficient star formation from only one or a few supernovae (e.g., low Na, Sr, Ba), and enriched potassium (K) from super-AGB stars. For Sgr2, the velocity and metallicity dispersions of its members are not clearly resolved and our detailed chemical abundances show typical ratios for metal-poor stars, with low dispersions. There is only one exception - we report the discovery of an r-process enhanced star (Sgr2584, [Eu/Fe]= $+0.7 \pm 0.2 $; thus, an r-I star). As r-I stars are found in both UFDs (Tuc III, Tuc IV, Grus II) and globular clusters (M15 and M92), then this does not help to further classify the nature of Sgr2. Our exploration of Sgr2 demonstrates the difficulty in classifying some of the faintest (ambiguous) satellites. We advocate for additional diagnostics in analysing the ambiguous systems, such as exploring radial segregation (by mass and/or chemistry), N-body simulations, and the need for dark matter to survive Galactic tidal effects. The spectra analysed in this paper were taken as part of the GHOST commissioning observations, testing faint observation limits (G < 18.8) and the single and double IFU observing modes. |
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| spellingShingle | GHOST commissioning science results -- IV: Chemodynamical analyses of Milky Way satellites Sagittarius II and Aquarius II Zaremba, Daria Venn, Kim Hayes, Christian R. Errani, Raphaël Cornejo, Triana Glover, Jennifer Jensen, Jaclyn McConnachie, Alan W. Navarro, Julio F. Pazder, John Sestito, Federico Anthony, André Andersen, Dave Baker, Gabriella Chin, Timothy Churilov, Vladimir Diaz, Ruben Farrell, Tony Firpo, Veronica Gomez-Jimenez, Manuel Henderson, David Kalari, Venu M. Lawrence, Jon Margheim, Steve Miller, Bryan Robertson, J. Gordon Ruiz-Carmona, Roque Silversides, Katherine Silva, Karleyne Young, Peter J. Zhelem, Ross Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics We present Gemini/GHOST high-resolution spectra of five stars observed in two low surface brightness Milky Way satellites, Sagittarius II (Sgr2) and Aquarius II (Aqu2). For Aqu2, the velocities and metallicities of the two stars are consistent with membership in a dark matter-dominated ultra faint dwarf galaxy (UFD). The chemical abundance ratios suggest inefficient star formation from only one or a few supernovae (e.g., low Na, Sr, Ba), and enriched potassium (K) from super-AGB stars. For Sgr2, the velocity and metallicity dispersions of its members are not clearly resolved and our detailed chemical abundances show typical ratios for metal-poor stars, with low dispersions. There is only one exception - we report the discovery of an r-process enhanced star (Sgr2584, [Eu/Fe]= $+0.7 \pm 0.2 $; thus, an r-I star). As r-I stars are found in both UFDs (Tuc III, Tuc IV, Grus II) and globular clusters (M15 and M92), then this does not help to further classify the nature of Sgr2. Our exploration of Sgr2 demonstrates the difficulty in classifying some of the faintest (ambiguous) satellites. We advocate for additional diagnostics in analysing the ambiguous systems, such as exploring radial segregation (by mass and/or chemistry), N-body simulations, and the need for dark matter to survive Galactic tidal effects. The spectra analysed in this paper were taken as part of the GHOST commissioning observations, testing faint observation limits (G < 18.8) and the single and double IFU observing modes. |
| title | GHOST commissioning science results -- IV: Chemodynamical analyses of Milky Way satellites Sagittarius II and Aquarius II |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.05927 |