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Two Portions of Sagittarius Stream in the LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area at Southern Galactic Cap

  • J. K. Zhao
  • , Terry D. Oswalt
  • , X. H. Ye
  • , H. Wu
  • , M. Yang
  • , X. X. Xue
  • , Y. Q. Chen
  • , J. J. Zhan
  • , G. Zhao
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

<p> We constructed a sample of 13,798 stars with Te&fflig; , log g, [Fe/H], radial velocity, proper motions and parallaxes from LAMOST DR5 and Gaia DR2 in the LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area (LaCoSSPAr) at the Southern Galactic Cap consisting of areas A and B. Using the distributions in both proper motions and radial velocity, we detected very signi&filig;cant overdensi- ties in these two areas. These substructures most likely are portions of Sagittarius (Sgr) stream. With the Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) algorithm, 220 candidates stream members were identi&filig;ed. Based upon distance to the Sun and published models, 106 of these stars are likely to be the members of the Sgr stream. The abundance pattern of these members using [&alpha;/Fe] from Xiang et al. were found to be similar to Galactic &filig;eld stars with [Fe/H] &lt; -1.5 and de&filig;cient to Milky Way populations at similar metallicities with [Fe/H] &gt; -1.0. No vertical and only small radial gradients in metallicity along the orbit of Sgr stream were found in our Sgr stream candidates.</p>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
Volume904
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 24 2020

Keywords

  • Stars
  • abundance

Disciplines

  • Astrophysics and Astronomy
  • Stars, Interstellar Medium and the Galaxy

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