Searching for tidal tails in Galactic dwarf spheroidal satellites

Authors
Martinez-Delgado, D Aparicio, A Gomez-Flechoso, MA
Citation
D. Martinez-delgado et al., Searching for tidal tails in Galactic dwarf spheroidal satellites, ASTRO SP SC, 277, 2001, pp. 425-428
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
277
Year of publication
2001
Supplement
1
Pages
425 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(2001)277:<425:SFTTIG>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We present preliminary results of a long-term project to investigate the pr ocess of accretion and tidal disruption of dSph satellites in the Galactic halo and, in particular, to search for new tidal tails in a sample of nearb y dSph satellites of the Milky Way. Here we present our finding of extra-ti dal debris in the Ursa Minor dSph and discuss the detection by the Sloan Di gitized Sky Survey team of what could be a tidal stream associated to the S agittarius dSph.