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The Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal (Sgr) is a dissolving galaxy being tidally disrupted by the Milky Way (MW). Its stellar stream still poses serious modelling challenges, which hinders our ability to use it effectively as a probe of the MW…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-12 P. Ramos , T. Antoja , Z. Yuan , A. Arentsen , P. -A. Oria , B. Famaey , R. Ibata , C. Mateu , J. A. Carballo-Bello

Numerical models of the tidal disruption of the Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy have recently been developed that for the first time simultaneously satisfy most observational constraints on the angular position, distance, and radial velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 David R. Law , Steven R. Majewski

Context. The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy is currently being disrupted under the strain of the Milky Way. A reliable reconstruction of Sgr star formation history can only be obtained by combining core and stream information.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Monaco , M. Bellazzini , P. Bonifacio , A. Buzzoni , F. R. Ferraro , G. Marconi , L. Sbordone , S. Zaggia

In this work, we study the phase-space and chemical properties of Sagittarius (Sgr) stream, the tidal tails produced by the ongoing destruction of Sgr dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy, focusing on its very metal-poor (VMP; $\rm[Fe/H] < -2$)…

We investigate the effects of a massive ($\gtrsim4\times10^{10}M_\odot$) Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) on stellar streams using test particle simulations in a realistic Milky Way potential. We find that Sgr can easily disrupt…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-02 Adam M. Dillamore , Vasily Belokurov , N. Wyn Evans , Adrian M. Price-Whelan

We present the first detailed quantitative study of the stellar populations of the Sagittarius (Sgr) streams within the Stripe 82 region, using photometric and spectroscopic observations from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-06 T. J. L. de Boer , V. Belokurov , S. Koposov

We trace the tidal Stream of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph) using Red Clump stars from the catalog of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - Data Release 6, in the range 150{\deg} < RA < 220{\deg}, corresponding to the range of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Correnti , M. Bellazzini , R. A. Ibata , F. R. Ferraro , A. Varghese

We present a comprehensive and precise description of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stellar stream's 3D geometry as traced by its old stellar population. This analysis draws on the sample of ${\sim}44,000$ RR Lyrae (RRab) stars from the Pan-STARRS1…

We present a comparison of semi-analytic models of the phase-space structure of tidal debris with observations of stars associated with the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy (Sgr). We find that many features in the data can be explained by these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. V. Johnston , S. R. Majewski , M. H. Siegel , I. N. Reid , W. E. Kunkel

We reconsider the case for the association of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) to the tidal stream of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr dSph), using Gaia DR2 data. We use RR Lyrae to trace the stream in 6D and we select clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-06 M. Bellazzini , R. Ibata , K. Malhan , N. Martin , B. Famaey , G. Thomas

The Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf spheroidal galaxy is one of the most prominent satellites of the Milky Way (MW). It is currently undergoing tidal disruption, forming an extensive stellar stream that provides key insights into the assembly…

Using a variety of stellar tracers -- blue horizontal branch stars, main-sequence turn-off stars and red giants -- we follow the path of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stream across the sky in Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. Our study presents new…

The Sagittarius stream is one of the best tools that we currently have to estimate the mass and shape of our Galaxy. However, assigning membership and obtaining the phase-space distribution of the stars that form the tails is quite…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-27 P. Ramos , C. Mateu , T. Antoja , A. Helmi , A. Castro-Ginard , E. Balbinot , J. M. Carrasco

Using multi-epoch observations of the Stripe 82 region done by Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we measure precise statistical proper motions of the stars in the Sagittarius stellar stream. The multi-band photometry and SDSS radial velocities…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-03-28 Sergey E. Koposov , Vasily Belokurov , N. Wyn Evans

It is a challenge to reproduce the full 6D space-phase properties of Sagittarius (Sgr) dwarf galaxy and its Stream simultaneously. Using N-body simulations with a Milky Way mass of 5.2$\times10^{11}$ M$_{\odot}$ and a ``scaling down'' Sgr…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-23 Hai-Feng Wang , Yan-Bin Yang , Francois Hammer , Jian-Ling Wang

The extensive span of the Sagittarius (Sgr) stream makes it a promising tool for studying the Milky Way gravitational potential. Characterizing its stellar kinematics can constrain halo properties and provide a benchmark for the Cold Dark…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-08 Marion Dierickx , Abraham Loeb

Tidal streams of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) may be showering dark matter onto the solar system and contributing approx (0.3--23)% of the local density of our Galactic Halo. If the Sagittarius galaxy contains WIMP dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Katherine Freese , Paolo Gondolo , Heidi Jo Newberg

The infall of the Sagittarius (Sgr) Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy in the Milky Way halo is an unique opportunity to understand how the different components of a dwarf galaxy could be tidally removed. In this work, we reconstruct the Sgr core…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-30 Hai-Feng Wang , Francois Hammer , Yan-Bin Yang , Jian-Ling Wang

We assemble 121 spectroscopically-confirmed halo carbon stars, drawn from the literature, exhibiting measurable variability in the Catalina Surveys. We present their periods and amplitudes, which are used to estimate distances from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-16 Avon Huxor , Eva Grebel

We present a detailed study of the internal structure and kinematics of the core of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr). Using machine-learning techniques, we have combined the information provided by 3300 RR Lyrae stars, more…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-10 Andrés del Pino , Mark A. Fardal , Roeland P. van der Marel , Ewa L. Łokas , Cecilia Mateu , Sangmo Tony Sohn
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