Measurement of the Half-Light Radius for the Tucana Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
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Abstract
We present a new measurement of the half-light radius of the Tucana Dwarf galaxy, based on the combination of wider, deeper imaging conducted as part of the Local Volume Complete Cluster Survey (LoVoCCS) and HST archival images. We obtain a stellar density profile within the Tucana Dwarf field based on elliptical fitting. After background subtraction, we fit a S\'ersic profile to the density profile to obtain the half-light radius. We measure the half-light radius to be $0.89_{-0.02}^{+0.06}$ arcmin, corresponding to a value of $R_e = 225.7_{-5.5}^{+14.4}$ pc ($95\%$ CL). Given the more extended imaging from LoVoCCS used in this new calculation, our measurement of the half-light radius represents a $\sim 10 \%$ increased value from the previous results.
Publication: Planned paper:
P.-J. Huang, et al., Measurement of the Half-Light Radius for the Tucana Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
Presenters
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Pei-Jun Huang
Brown University
Authors
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Pei-Jun Huang
Brown University
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Ian Dell'Antonio
Brown University
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Philip LaDuca
Brown University
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Zacharias Escalante
Brown University
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Anthony Englert
Brown University