RAVE stars tidally stripped/ejected from $\omega$ Centauri globular cluster
| Autor: | Fernández-Trincado, J. G., Robin, A. C., Vieira, K., Moreno, E., Bienaymé, O., Reylé, C., Valenzuela, O., Pichardo, B., Robles-Valdez, F., Martins, A. M. M. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | A&A 583, A76 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201526575 |
| Popis: | Using six-dimesional phase-space information from the Fourth Data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) over the range of Galactic longitude 240$^{\circ}< l <$ 360$^{\circ}$ and $V_{LSR} < -239$ kms$^{-1}$, we have computed orbits for 329 RAVE stars that were originally selected as chemically and kinematically related to $\omega$ Centauri. The orbits were integrated in a Milky-Way-like axisymmetric Galactic potential, ignoring the effects of the dynamical evolution of $\omega$ Centauri due to the tidal effects of the Galaxy disk on the cluster along time. We also ignored secular changes in the Milky Way potential over time. In a Monte Carlo scheme, and under the assumption that the stars may have been ejected with velocities greater than the escape velocity ($V_{rel}>V_{esc,0}$) from the cluster, we identified 15 stars as having close encounters with $\omega$ Centauri: (\textit{i}) 8 stars with relative velocities $V_{rel}< 200 $ kms$^{-1}$ may have been ejected $\sim$ 200 Myr ago from $\omega$ Centauri; (\textit{ii}) other group of 7 stars were identified with high relative velocity $V_{rel}> 200 $ kms$^{-1}$ during close encounters, and seems unlikely that they have been ejected from $\omega$ Centauri. We also confirm the link between J131340.4-484714 as potential member of $\omega$ Centauri, and probably ejected $\sim$ 2.0 Myr ago, with a relative velocity $V_{rel}\sim80$ kms$^{-1}$. Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astron. and Astrophys |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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