The SAGA Survey. I. Satellite Galaxy Populations around Eight Milky Way Analogs
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Geha, Marla
Wechsler, Risa H.

Mao, Yao-Yuan

Tollerud, Erik J.

Weiner, Benjamin

Bernstein, Rebecca
Hoyle, Ben
Marchi, Sebastian
Marshall, Phil J.
Muñoz, Ricardo
Lu, Yu
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Univ Arizona, Dept AstronIssue Date
2017-09-14Keywords
galaxies: dwarfgalaxies: halos
galaxies: luminosity function, mass function
galaxies: structure
Local Group
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The SAGA Survey. I. Satellite Galaxy Populations around Eight Milky Way Analogs 2017, 847 (1):4 The Astrophysical JournalJournal
The Astrophysical JournalRights
© 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.Collection Information
This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.Abstract
We present the survey strategy and early results of the "Satellites Around Galactic Analogs" (SAGA) Survey. The SAGA. Survey's goal is to measure the distribution of satellite galaxies around 100 systems analogous to the Milky Way down to the luminosity of the Leo I dwarf galaxy (M-r < -12.3). We define a Milky Way analog based on K-band luminosity and local environment. Here, we present satellite luminosity functions for eight Milky-Way-analog galaxies between 20 and 40. Mpc. These systems have nearly complete spectroscopic coverage of candidate satellites within the projected host virial radius down to r(o) < 20.75 using low-redshift gri color criteria. We have discovered a total of 25 new satellite galaxies: 14. new satellite galaxies meet our formal criteria around our complete host systems, plus 11 additional satellites in either incompletely surveyed hosts or below our formal magnitude limit. Combined with 13 previously known satellites, there are a total of 27 satellites around 8 complete Milky-Way-analog hosts. We find a wide distribution in the number of satellites per host, from 1 to 9, in the luminosity range for which there are 5 Milky Way satellites. Standard abundance matching extrapolated from higher luminosities predicts less scatter between hosts and a steeper luminosity function slope than observed. We find that the majority of satellites (26 of 27) are star-forming. These early results indicate that the Milky Way has a different satellite population than typical in our sample, potentially changing the physical interpretation of measurements based only on the Milky Way's satellite galaxies.ISSN
1538-4357Version
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NSF [AST-1517148]; John S. Guggenheim Foundation; Samuel P. Langley PITT PACC Postdoctoral Fellowship; Weiland Family Stanford Graduate Fellowship; Giacconi Fellowship; NASA through Hubble Fellowship - Space Telescope Science Institute [51316.01]; NASA [NAS 5-26555]; STFC (UK); ARC (Australia); AAOAdditional Links
http://stacks.iop.org/0004-637X/847/i=1/a=4?key=crossref.9abf7dce6f32736ad20384ba5693cb3bae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3847/1538-4357/aa8626