TY - JOUR
T1 - DELVE-ing into the Jet
T2 - A Thin Stellar Stream on a Retrograde Orbit at 30 kpc
AU - Ferguson, P. S.
AU - Shipp, N.
AU - Drlica-Wagner, A.
AU - Li, T. S.
AU - Cerny, W.
AU - Tavangar, K.
AU - Pace, A. B.
AU - Marshall, J. L.
AU - Riley, A. H.
AU - Adamów, M.
AU - Carlin, J. L.
AU - Choi, Y.
AU - Erkal, D.
AU - James, D. J.
AU - Koposov, Sergey E.
AU - Kuropatkin, N.
AU - Martínez-Vázquez, C. E.
AU - Mau, S.
AU - Mutlu-Pakdil, B.
AU - Olsen, K. A.G.
AU - Sakowska, J. D.
AU - Stringfellow, G. S.
AU - Yanny, B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - We perform a detailed photometric and astrometric analysis of stars in the Jet stream using data from the first data release of the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey DR1 and Gaia EDR3. We discover that the stream extends over ∼ 29 on the sky (increasing the known length by 18 ), which is comparable to the kinematically cold Phoenix, ATLAS, and GD-1 streams. Using blue horizontal branch stars, we resolve a distance gradient along the Jet stream of 0.2 kpc deg-1, with distances ranging from D o˙ ∼ 27-34 kpc. We use natural splines to simultaneously fit the stream track, width, and intensity to quantitatively characterize density variations in the Jet stream, including a large gap, and identify substructure off the main track of the stream. Furthermore, we report the first measurement of the proper motion of the Jet stream and find that it is well aligned with the stream track, suggesting the stream has likely not been significantly perturbed perpendicular to the line of sight. Finally, we fit the stream with a dynamical model and find that it is on a retrograde orbit, and is well fit by a gravitational potential including the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud. These results indicate the Jet stream is an excellent candidate for future studies with deeper photometry, astrometry, and spectroscopy to study the potential of the Milky Way and probe perturbations from baryonic and dark matter substructure.
AB - We perform a detailed photometric and astrometric analysis of stars in the Jet stream using data from the first data release of the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey DR1 and Gaia EDR3. We discover that the stream extends over ∼ 29 on the sky (increasing the known length by 18 ), which is comparable to the kinematically cold Phoenix, ATLAS, and GD-1 streams. Using blue horizontal branch stars, we resolve a distance gradient along the Jet stream of 0.2 kpc deg-1, with distances ranging from D o˙ ∼ 27-34 kpc. We use natural splines to simultaneously fit the stream track, width, and intensity to quantitatively characterize density variations in the Jet stream, including a large gap, and identify substructure off the main track of the stream. Furthermore, we report the first measurement of the proper motion of the Jet stream and find that it is well aligned with the stream track, suggesting the stream has likely not been significantly perturbed perpendicular to the line of sight. Finally, we fit the stream with a dynamical model and find that it is on a retrograde orbit, and is well fit by a gravitational potential including the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud. These results indicate the Jet stream is an excellent candidate for future studies with deeper photometry, astrometry, and spectroscopy to study the potential of the Milky Way and probe perturbations from baryonic and dark matter substructure.
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U2 - 10.3847/1538-3881/ac3492
DO - 10.3847/1538-3881/ac3492
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122631986
SN - 0004-6256
VL - 163
JO - Astronomical Journal
JF - Astronomical Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 18
ER -