The Pristine Dwarf-Galaxy survey - II. In-depth observational study of the faint Milky Way satellite Sagittarius II
Abstract
We present an extensive study of the Sagittarius II (Sgr II) stellar system using MegaCam g and I photometry, narrow-band, metallicity-sensitive calcium H&K doublet photometry and Keck II/DEIMOS multiobject spectroscopy. We derive and refine the Sgr II structural and stellar properties inferred at the time of its discovery. The colour-magnitude diagram implies Sgr II is old (12.0 ± 0.5 Gyr) and metal poor. The CaHK photometry confirms the metal-poor nature of the satellite ([Fe/H] CaHK = -2.32 ± 0.04 dex) and suggests that Sgr II hosts more than one single stellar population (σ _[FeH]^CaHK = 0.11^{+0.05}_{-0.03} dex). Using the Ca infrared triplet measured from our highest signal-to-noise spectra, we confirm the metallicity and dispersion inferred from the Pristine photometric metallicities ([Fe/H]spectro = -2.23 ± 0.05 dex, σ _[Fe/H]^spectro = 0.10 ^{+0.06}_{-0.04} dex). The velocity dispersion of the system is found to be σ V = 2.7^{+1.3}_{-1.0} { km s^{-1}} after excluding two potential binary stars. Sgr II's metallicity and absolute magnitude (MV = -5.7 ± 0.1 mag) place the system on the luminosity-metallicity relation of the Milky Way dwarf galaxies despite its small size. The low but resolved metallicity and velocity dispersions paint the picture of a slightly dark-matter-dominated satellite (M/L = 23.0^{+32.8}_{-23.0} M⊙ L^{-1}_{⊙ }). Furthermore, using the Gaia Data Release 2, we constrain the orbit of the satellite and find an apocentre of 118.4 ^{+28.4}_{-23.7} { kpc} and a pericentre of 54.8 ^{+3.3}_{-6.1} { kpc}. The orbit of Sgr II is consistent with the trailing arm of the Sgr stream and indicates that it is possibly a satellite of the Sgr dSph that was tidally stripped from the dwarf's influence.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- January 2020
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/stz2854
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1902.02780
- Bibcode:
- 2020MNRAS.491..356L
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: dwarf;
- Local Group;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2854