Structure in the motions of the fastest halo stars

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2005-04-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504109v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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We have analyzed the catalog of 2106 non-kinematically selected metal poor stars in the solar neighborhood published by Beers et al. (2000), with the goal of quantifying the amount of substructure in the motions of the fastest halo stars. We have computed the two-point velocity correlation function for a subsample of halo stars within 1-2 kpc of the Sun, and found statistical evidence of substructure, with a similar amplitude to that predicted by high resolution CDM simulations. The signal is due to a small kinematic group whose dynamical properties are compared to the stellar "stream", previously discovered by Helmi et al. (1999). If real, this high velocity moving group would provide further support to the idea that substructures remain as fossils from the formation of the Galaxy as expected in the CDM scenario.

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