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We present the main sequence luminosity function of the tidally disrupted globular cluster Palomar 5 and its tidal tails. For this work we analyzed imaging data obtained with the Wide Field Camera at the INT (La Palma) and data from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Koch , M. Odenkirchen , E. K. Grebel , D. Martinez-Delgado , J. A. R. Caldwell

Stars that escape globular clusters form tidal tails that are predominantly shaped by the global distribution of mass in the Galaxy, but also preserve a historical record of small-scale perturbations. Using deep $grz$ photometry from…

A low mass, large core radius, and strong tidal tails suggest that the globular cluster Palomar 5 has lost a large fraction of its initial mass over time. If the dynamical evolution of Palomar 5 has been dominated by the effects of mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carl J. Grillmair , Graeme H. Smith

We report the discovery of two well-defined tidal tails emerging from the sparse remote globular cluster Palomar 5. These tails stretch out symmetrically to both sides of the cluster in the direction of constant Galactic latitude and…

Using wide-field photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) we recently showed that the Galactic globular cluster Palomar 5 is in the process of being tidally disrupted. Its tidal tails were initially detected in a 2.5 degree…

Sloan Digital Sky Survey data for the field of the globular cluster Pal 5 reveal the existence of a long massive stream of tidal debris spanning an arc of 10 degrees on the sky. Pal 5 thus provides an outstanding example for tidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Odenkirchen , E. K. Grebel , W. Dehnen , H. -W. Rix , C. M. Rockosi , H. Newberg , B. Yanny

We report the detection of a pair of degree-long tidal tails associated with the globular cluster Palomar 14, using images obtained at the CFHT. We reveal a power-law departure from a King profile at large distances to the cluster center.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Sollima , D. Martinez-Delgado , D. Valls-Gabaud , J. Penarrubia

Wide-field photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have recently revealed that the Galactic globular cluster Palomar 5 is in the process of being tidally disrupted (Odenkirchen et al. 2001). Here we investigate the kinematics of…

Palomar 5 is one of the sparsest star clusters in the Galactic halo and is best-known for its spectacular tidal tails, spanning over 20 degrees across the sky. With N-body simulations we show that both distinguishing features can result…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-06 Mark Gieles , Denis Erkal , Fabio Antonini , Eduardo Balbinot , Jorge Peñarrubia

In this paper we present the results of a search for members of the globular cluster Palomar 5 and its associated tidal tails. The analysis has been performed using intermediate and low resolution spectroscopy with the AAOmega spectrograph…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Pete Kuzma , Gary Da Costa , Stefan Keller , Elizabeth Maunder

The Sixth Data Release (DR6) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) provides more photometric regions, new features and more accurate data around globular cluster Palomar 5. A new method, Back Propagation Neural Network (BPNN), is used to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-19 H. Zou , Z. -Y. Wu , J. Ma , X. Zhou

The legacy imaging surveys for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project provides multiplecolor photometric data, which are about 2 mag deeper than the SDSS. In this study, we redetermine the fundamental properties for an old halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-08 Xin Xu , Hu Zou , Xu Zhou , Jundan Nie , Zhimin Zhou , Jun Ma , Tianmeng Zhang , Jiali Wang , Suijian Xue

We present evidence for mass segregation in the outer-halo globular cluster Palomar 14, which is intuitively unexpected since its present-day two-body relaxation time significantly exceeds the Hubble time. Based on archival Hubble Space…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-07-29 Matthias J. Frank , Eva K. Grebel , Andreas H. W. Kuepper

Using the Optimal Filter Technique applied to Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometry, we have found extended tails stretching about 1 degree (or several tens of half-light radii) from either side of the ultra-faint globular cluster Palomar 1.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Niederste-Ostholt , V. Belokurov , N. W. Evans , S. Koposov , M. Gieles , M. J. Irwin

We have undertaken a detailed analysis of HST/WFPC2 and STIS imaging observations, and of supplementary wide-field ground-based observations obtained with the NTT of two young ~10-25 Myr) compact star clusters in the LMC, NGC 1805 and NGC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. de Grijs , R. A. Johnson , G. F. Gilmore , C. M. Frayn

By means of direct N-body simulations and simplified numerical models, we study the formation and characteristics of the tidal tails around Palomar 5, along its orbit in the Milky Way potential. Unlike previous findings, we are able to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti , Paola Di Matteo , Marco Montuori , Misha Haywood

In this paper we report a study (see Mastrobuono-Battisti et al., 2012) about the formation and characteristics of the tidal tails around Palomar 5 along its orbit in the Milky Way potential, by means of direct N-body simulations and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-04-25 Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti , Paola Di Matteo , Marco Montuori , Misha Haywood

We present an analysis of the radial dependence of the stellar mass function in the diffuse outer-halo globular cluster Palomar 14. Using archival HST/WFPC2 data of the cluster's central 39 pc (corresponding to ~0.85*r_h) we find that the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-01-23 Matthias J. Frank , Eva K. Grebel , Andreas H. W. Küpper

We use photometry from the DECam Legacy Survey to detect candidate tidal tails extending ~5 deg on either side of the Palomar 13 globular cluster. The tails are aligned with the proper motion of Palomar 13 and are consistent with its old,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 Nora Shipp , Adrian Price-Whelan , Kiyan Tavangar , Cecilia Mateu , Alex Drlica-Wagner

Large-field multi-color images of 20 galactic globular clusters are used to investigate the presence of tidal tails around these stellar systems. Field and cluster stars are sorted with the help of color-magnitude diagrams, and star-count…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Leon , G. Meylan , F. Combes
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