3D-Spectroscopy of Dense Stellar Populations

Husser, Tim-Oliver

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“…The cluster does not have a published metallicity, but Zoutendijk et al (2020) measured the metallicities of 7 likely cluster members. Zoutendijk et al used two different methods to determine metallicities, spexxy (Husser 2012) and The Cannon (Ness et al 2015). Based on a comparison with Li et al (2017) for one star included in both data sets, and for the mean metallicity of Eri II as a whole, we found that the spexxy metallicities appear to be overestimated by ∼ 0.3 dex.…”

Section: The Structure Of Eri II and Its Clustermentioning

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Eridanus II: A Fossil from Reionization with an Off-center Star Cluster

Simon

Brown

Drlica-Wagner

et al. 2021

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We present deep Hubble Space Telescope (HST) photometry of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Eridanus II (Eri II). Eri II, which has an absolute magnitude of M V = −7.1, is located at a distance of 339 kpc, just beyond the virial radius of the Milky Way. We determine the star formation history of Eri II and measure the structure of the galaxy and its star cluster. We find that a star formation history consisting of two bursts, constrained to match the spectroscopic metallicity distribution of the galaxy, accurately describes the Eri II stellar population. The best-fit model implies a rapid truncation of star formation at early times, with >80% of the stellar mass in place before z ∼ 6. A small fraction of the stars could be as young as 8 Gyr, but this population is not statistically significant; Monte Carlo simulations recover a component younger than 9 Gyr only 15% of the time, where they represent an average of 7 ± 4% of the population. These results are consistent with theoretical expectations for quenching by reionization. The HST depth and angular resolution enable us to show that Eri II’s cluster is offset from the center of the galaxy by a projected distance of 23 ± 3 pc. This offset could be an indication of a small (∼50–75 pc) dark matter core in Eri II. Moreover, we demonstrate that the cluster has a high ellipticity of and is aligned with the orientation of Eri II within 3° ± 6°, likely due to tides. The stellar population of the cluster is indistinguishable from that of Eri II itself.

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Section: The Structure Of Eri II and Its Clustermentioning

confidence: 70%

Eridanus II: A Fossil from Reionization with an Off-center Star Cluster

Simon

Brown

Drlica-Wagner

et al. 2021

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“…We determine the line-of-sight velocities of our spectra using spexxy 4 (Husser 2012). As presented for example by Husser et al (2016) for the globular cluster NGC 6397, or for the nearby galaxy NGC 300 by Roth et al (2018), this tool performs Magnitude distribution of sources after extraction and after application of selection criteria.…”

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The MUSE-Faint survey

Zoutendijk

Brinchmann

Boogaard

et al. 2020

A&A

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Aims. It has been shown that the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Eridanus 2 may host a stellar cluster in its centre. If this cluster is shown to exist, it can be used to set constraints on the mass and abundance of massive astrophysical compact halo objects (MACHOs) as a form of dark matter. Previous research has shown promising expectations in the mass range of 10−100 M⊙, but lacked spectroscopic measurements of the cluster. We aim to provide spectroscopic evidence regarding the nature of the putative star cluster in Eridanus 2 and to place constraints on MACHOs as a constituent of dark matter. Methods. We present spectroscopic observations of the central square arcminute of Eridanus 2 from MUSE-Faint, a survey of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope. We derived line-of-sight velocities for possible member stars of the putative cluster and for stars in the centre of Eridanus 2. We discuss the existence of the cluster and determine new constraints for MACHOs using the Fokker–Planck diffusion approximation. Results. Out of 182 extracted spectra, we identify 26 member stars of Eridanus 2, seven of which are possible cluster members. We find intrinsic mean line-of-sight velocities of 79.7+3.1−3.8 km s−1 and 76.0+3.2−3.7 km s−1 for the cluster and the bulk of Eridanus 2, respectively, as well as intrinsic velocity dispersions of < 7.6 km s−1 (68% upper limit) and 10.3+3.9−3.2 km s−1, respectively. This indicates that the cluster most likely exists as a distinct dynamical population hosted by Eridanus 2 and that it does not have a surplus of dark matter over the background distribution. Among the member stars in the bulk of Eridanus 2, we find possible carbon stars, alluding to the existence of an intermediate-age population. We derived constraints on the fraction of dark matter that can consist of MACHOs with a given mass between 1 and 105 M⊙. For dark matter consisting purely of MACHOs, the mass of the MACHOs must be less than ∼7.6 M⊙ and ∼44 M⊙ at a 68- and 95% confidence level, respectively.

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The MUSE-Faint survey. II. The dark matter-density profile of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Eridanus 2

Zoutendijk

Brinchmann

Bouché

et al. 2021

A&A

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Aims. We use stellar line-of-sight velocities to constrain the dark-matter density profile of Eridanus 2, an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy with an absolute V-band magnitude MV = −7.1 that corresponds to a stellar mass M* ≈ 9 × 104 M⊙. We furthermore derive constraints on fundamental properties of self-interacting and fuzzy dark matter scenarios. Methods. We present new observations of Eridanus 2 from MUSE-Faint, a survey of ultra-faint dwarf galaxies with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope, and determine line-of-sight velocities for stars inside the half-light radius. Combined with literature data, we have 92 stellar tracers out to twice the half-light radius. With these tracers we constrain models of cold dark matter, self-interacting dark matter, and fuzzy dark matter, using CJAM and pyGravSphere for the dynamical analysis. The models of self-interacting and fuzzy dark matter relate the density profile to the self-interaction coefficient and the dark-matter particle mass, respectively. Results. We find substantial evidence (Bayes factor ∼10−0.6) for cold dark matter (a cuspy halo) over self-interacting dark matter (a cored halo) and weak evidence (Bayes factor ∼10−0.4) for fuzzy dark matter over cold dark matter. We find a virial mass M200 ∼ 108 M⊙ and astrophysical factors J(αcJ) ~ 1011 M⊙2 kpc−5 and D(αcD) ~ 102 − 102.5 M⊙ kpc−2 (proportional to dark-matter annihilation and decay signals, respectively), the exact values of which depend on the density profile model. The mass-to-light ratio within the half-light radius is consistent with the literature. We do not resolve a core (rc < 47 pc, 68% confidence level) or a soliton (rsol < 7.2 pc, 68% confidence level). These limits are equivalent to an effective self-interaction coefficient fΓ < 2.2 × 10−29 cm3 s−1 eV−1 c2 and a fuzzy-dark-matter particle mass ma > 4.0 × 10−20 eV c−2. The constraint on self-interaction is complementary to those from gamma-ray searches. The constraint on fuzzy-dark-matter particle mass is inconsistent with those obtained for larger dwarf galaxies, suggesting that the flattened density profiles of those galaxies are not caused by fuzzy dark matter.

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3D-Spectroscopy of Dense Stellar Populations

Cited by 4 publications

References 171 publications

Eridanus II: A Fossil from Reionization with an Off-center Star Cluster

Eridanus II: A Fossil from Reionization with an Off-center Star Cluster

The MUSE-Faint survey

The MUSE-Faint survey. II. The dark matter-density profile of the ultra-faint dwarf galaxy Eridanus 2

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