The Hough Stream Spotter: A New Method for Detecting Linear Structure in Resolved Stars and Application to the Stellar Halo of M31

Stellar streams from globular clusters (GCs) offer constraints on the nature of dark matter and have been used to explore the dark matter halo structure and substructure of our Galaxy. Detection of GC streams in other galaxies would broaden this endeavor to a cosmological context, yet no such stream...

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Main Authors: Sarah Pearson, Susan E. Clark, Alexis J. Demirjian, Kathryn V. Johnston, Melissa K. Ness, Tjitske K. Starkenburg, Benjamin F. Williams, Rodrigo A. Ibata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac4496