Possible Streams of the Globular Clusters in the Galaxy

Details Possible Streams of the Globular Clusters in the Galaxy Possible Streams of the Globular Clusters in the Galaxy

2006-12-05

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612115v2

Chin.J.Astron.Astrophys. 7 (2007) 111-119

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

15 pages, 3 figures, accepted by ChJAA

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This paper aims to retrieve the ghost streams under the pre-assumption that all the globular clusters in our Galaxy were formed in the very early merge events. The results are based on two speculations: that the specific energy and angular momentum of the globular clusters after merge are not changed in process of evolution and that the globular clusters with common origin would stay in the same orbit plane as parent galaxy. In addition, taking into account the apo-galacticum distance of the orbits, five possible streams were suggested with a significant confidence. The number of streams is consistent with previous results. Three of the four well established members of the Sagittarius stream were found to be in one of our streams. Several other globular clusters in our result were also thought to come from accretion by previous research. Furthermore, the orbital parameters of the streams are derived, which provide a way to testify whether these streams are true with the help of the accurate measurement of proper motions of the globular clusters.

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