Dark Star Clusters or Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies? Revisiting UMa3/U1

Owing to sparse spectroscopic observations, the classification of faint satellites as either dark-matter-dominated dwarf galaxies or self-gravitating star clusters remains unresolved. The recently discovered Ursa Major III/UNIONS 1 (UMa3/U1) object, with its measured velocity dispersion, provides a...

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Main Authors: Ali Rostami-Shirazi, Hosein Haghi, Akram Hasani Zonoozi, Pavel Kroupa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adf320
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