A closer look at the spur, blob, wiggle, and gaps in GD-1

Abstract

The GD-1 stream is one of the longest and coldest stellar streams discovered to date, and one of the best objects for constraining the dark matter properties of the Milky Way. Using data from {\it Gaia} DR2 we study the proper motions, distance, morphology and density of the stream to uncover small scale perturbations. The proper motion cleaned data shows a clear distance gradient across the stream, ranging from 7 to 12 kpc. However, unlike earlier studies that found a continuous gradient, we uncover a distance minimum at ${\phi }_1\approx$-50 deg, after which the distance increases again. We can reliably trace the stream between -85$<{\phi }_1<$15 deg, showing an even further extent to GD-1 beyond the earlier extension of \citet{Price-Whelan18a}. We constrain the stream track and density using a Boolean matched filter approach and find three large under densities and find significant residuals in the stream track lining up with these gaps. In particular, a gap is visible at ${\phi }_1$=-3 deg, surrounded by a clear sinusoidal wiggle. We argue that this wiggle is due to a perturbation since it has the wrong orientation to come from a progenitor. We compute a total initial stellar mass of the stream segment of 1.58$\pm$0.07$\times$10${}^4$ M${}_{\odot }$. With the extended view of the spur in this work, we argue that the spur may be unrelated to the adjacent gap in the stream. Finally, we show that an interaction with the Sagittarius dwarf can create features similar to the spur.

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