Substructures, Resonances and debris streams

Abstract

The local stellar halo of the Milky Way contains the debris from several past accretion events. Here we study in detail the structure and properties of nearby debris associated with the Helmi streams, originally identified as an overdensity in integrals of motion space. We use 6D phase-space information from Gaia EDR3 combined with spectroscopic surveys, and we analyse the orbits and frequencies of the stars in the streams using various Galactic potentials. We also explore how the Helmi streams constrain the flattening q, of the Galactic dark matter halo. We find that the streams are split into substructures in integrals of motion space, most notably into two clumps in angular momentum space. The clumps have consistent metallicity distributions and stellar populations, supporting a common progeny. In all the realistic Galactic potentials explored, the Helmi streams stars depict a diffuse distribution close to Omega_z /Omega_R ~0.7. At the same time, the reason for the substructure in angular momentum space appears to be a Omega_z : Omega_phi resonance close to the 1:1. This resonance is exactly the 1:1 in the case that the (density) flattening of the dark halo is q = 1.2. For this halo shape the substructure in angular momenta is also long lasting. Our findings suggest that the structure of the Galactic potential leaves a clear imprint on the properties of phase-mixed debris streams.

arXiv comment10 pages, 13 figures, submitted to A&A

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