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A Ghost in Boötes: The Least-Luminous Disrupted Dwarf Galaxy

  • Authors: Vedant Chandra, Charlie Conroy, Nelson Caldwell, Ana Bonaca, Rohan P. Naidu, Dennis Zaritsky, Phillip A. Cargile, Jiwon Jesse Han, Benjamin D. Johnson, Joshua S. Speagle, 佳士 沈, Yuan-Sen Ting, 源森 丁, Turner Woody

Vedant Chandra et al 2022 The Astrophysical Journal 940 .

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Comparing the luminosity, size, and metallicity of Specter to known streams and intact structures. Left: stream widths (Gaussian σ) and luminosities for several dwarf and GC streams from Shipp et al. (2018). We overlay intact (gravitationally bound) dwarfs and GCs, using the half-light radius as a proxy for characteristic size (McConnachie 2012; Baumgardt et al. 2020; Vasiliev & Baumgardt 2021). Middle: luminosity–metallicity relation for Specter, alongside an updated sample of intact dwarfs from McConnachie (2012) and dwarf streams from Shipp et al. (2018). Right: mean metallicity and intrinsic metallicity spreads for streams from Ji et al. (2020). We overlay intact dwarfs and GCs compiled by Willman & Strader (2012), omitting error bars for clarity.

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