Runaway Dwarf Carbon Stars as Candidate Supernova Ejecta
Abstract
The dwarf carbon (dC) star SDSS J112801.67+004034.6 has an unusually high radial velocity, 531 km s. We present proper motion and new spectroscopic observations which imply a large Galactic rest frame velocity, 425 km s. Several other SDSS dC stars are also inferred to have very high galactocentric velocities, again each based on both high heliocentric radial velocity and also confidently detected proper motions. Extreme velocities and the presence of bands in the spectra of dwarf stars are both rare. Passage near the Galactic center can accelerate stars to such extreme velocities, but the large orbital angular momentum of SDSS J1128 precludes this explanation. Ejection from a supernova in a binary system or disruption of a binary by other stars are possibilities, particularly as dC stars are thought to obtain their photospheric via mass transfer from an evolved companion.
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@article{arxiv.1611.01185,
title = {Runaway Dwarf Carbon Stars as Candidate Supernova Ejecta},
author = {Kathryn A. Plant and Bruce Margon and Puragra Guhathakurta and Emily C. Cunningham and Elisa Toloba and Jeffrey A. Munn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.01185},
year = {2016}
}
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Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal