Could Segue 1 be a destroyed star cluster? - a dynamical perspective
arXiv:1606.08778 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1559
Abstract
We attempt to find a progenitor for the ultra-faint object Segue 1 under the assumption that it formed as a dark matter free star cluster in the past. We look for orbits, using the elongation of Segue 1 on the sky as a tracer of its path. Those orbits are followed backwards in time to find the starting points of our N-body simulations. The successful orbit, with which we can reproduce Segue 1 has a proper motion of mu_alpha = -0.19 mas/yr and mu_delta = -1.9 mas/yr, placing Segue 1 near its apo-galacticon today. Our best fitting model has an initial mass of 6224 Msun and an initial scale-length of 5.75 pc.
9 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables, accepted by MNRAS
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