Origin of a massive hyper-runaway subgiant star LAMOST-HVS1 -- implication from Gaia and follow-up spectroscopy

Abstract

We report that LAMOST-HVS1 is a massive hyper-runaway subgiant star with mass of 8.3 Msun and super-Solar metallicity, ejected from the inner stellar disk of the Milky Way $\sim$ 33 Myr ago with the intrinsic ejection velocity of $568_{-17}^{+19}$ km/s (corrected for the streaming motion of the disk), based on the proper motion data from Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) and high-resolution spectroscopy. The extremely large ejection velocity indicates that this star was not ejected by the supernova explosion of the binary companion. Rather, it was probably ejected by a 3- or 4-body dynamical interaction with more massive objects in a high-density environment. Such a high-density environment may be attained at the core region of a young massive cluster with mass of $\gtrsim 10^4$ Msun. The ejection agent that took part in the ejection of LAMOST-HVS1 may well be an intermediate mass black hole ($\gtrsim$ 100 Msun), a very massive star ($\gtrsim$ 100 Msun), or multiple ordinary massive stars ($\gtrsim$ 30 Msun). Based on the flight time and the ejection location of LAMOST-HVS1, we argue that its ejection agent or its natal star cluster is currently located near the Norma spiral arm. The natal star cluster of LAMOST-HVS1 may be an undiscovered young massive cluster near the Norma spiral arm.

arXiv commentMinor revision after referee's comments (conclusion unchanged). ApJ submitted. 23 pages. 7 figures. 2 tables. Predicted location of IMBH (or the undiscovered young massive cluster) in the Milky Way is shown in Fig 7. High-resolution spectra (Magellan/MIKE) can be distributed upon request. Comments welcome

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