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Identification of Globular Cluster Stars in RAVE data II: Extended tidal debris around NGC 3201

Anguiano, B; De Silva, GM; Freeman, K; Da Costa, GS; Zwitter, T; Quillen, AC; Zucker, DB; ... Watson, F; + view all (2016) Identification of Globular Cluster Stars in RAVE data II: Extended tidal debris around NGC 3201. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 457 (2) pp. 2078-2085. 10.1093/mnras/stw083. Green open access

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Abstract

We report the identification of extended tidal debris potentially associated with the globular cluster NGC 3201, using the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) catalogue. We find the debris stars are located at a distance range of 1–7 kpc based on the forthcoming RAVE distance estimates. The derived space velocities and integrals of motion show interesting connections to NGC 3201, modulo uncertainties in the proper motions. Three stars, which are among the four most likely candidates for NGC 3201 tidal debris, are separated by 80◦ on the sky yet are well matched by the 12 Gyr, [Fe/H] = −1.5 isochrone appropriate for the cluster. This is the first time tidal debris around this cluster has been reported over such a large spatial extent, with implications for the cluster’s origin and dynamical evolution.

Type: Article
Title: Identification of Globular Cluster Stars in RAVE data II: Extended tidal debris around NGC 3201
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw083
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw083
Language: English
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Keywords: globular clusters: individual: NGC 3201 – Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076664
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