Abstract
Recently, Deason et al. suggested that the number ratio between blue stragglers (BSs) and blue horizontal branch stars (BHBs) can be used as a population indicator of various stellar systems. Using this number ratio, they suggested that the Milky Way outer halo formed mostly from dwarf spheroidals rather than globular clusters (GCs). However, we demonstrate that this result is biased because they neglect the effect of BHB stars from helium-enhanced second-generation population on the number ratio. We also perform dynamical evolution models and found that the high BS-to-BHB ratio observed in the outer halo fields is most likely due to the preferential removal of the first-generation stars in GCs. Therefore, the BS-to-BHB number ratio is not a good population indicator for claiming that more massive dwarf galaxies are the main building blocks of the Milky Way outer halo.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 681-682 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 Jan 1 |
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- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Instrumentation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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Building blocks of the Milky Way halo. / Chung, C.; Lee, Y. W.; Pasquato, M.
In: Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society, Vol. 87, No. 4, 01.01.2016, p. 681-682.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Building blocks of the Milky Way halo
AU - Chung, C.
AU - Lee, Y. W.
AU - Pasquato, M.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Recently, Deason et al. suggested that the number ratio between blue stragglers (BSs) and blue horizontal branch stars (BHBs) can be used as a population indicator of various stellar systems. Using this number ratio, they suggested that the Milky Way outer halo formed mostly from dwarf spheroidals rather than globular clusters (GCs). However, we demonstrate that this result is biased because they neglect the effect of BHB stars from helium-enhanced second-generation population on the number ratio. We also perform dynamical evolution models and found that the high BS-to-BHB ratio observed in the outer halo fields is most likely due to the preferential removal of the first-generation stars in GCs. Therefore, the BS-to-BHB number ratio is not a good population indicator for claiming that more massive dwarf galaxies are the main building blocks of the Milky Way outer halo.
AB - Recently, Deason et al. suggested that the number ratio between blue stragglers (BSs) and blue horizontal branch stars (BHBs) can be used as a population indicator of various stellar systems. Using this number ratio, they suggested that the Milky Way outer halo formed mostly from dwarf spheroidals rather than globular clusters (GCs). However, we demonstrate that this result is biased because they neglect the effect of BHB stars from helium-enhanced second-generation population on the number ratio. We also perform dynamical evolution models and found that the high BS-to-BHB ratio observed in the outer halo fields is most likely due to the preferential removal of the first-generation stars in GCs. Therefore, the BS-to-BHB number ratio is not a good population indicator for claiming that more massive dwarf galaxies are the main building blocks of the Milky Way outer halo.
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M3 - Conference article
VL - 87
SP - 681
EP - 682
JO - Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society
JF - Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana - Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society
SN - 1824-016X
IS - 4
ER -