bsesar / Ophiuchus-stream

Paper on the orbit of the Ophiuchus stream
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Annette's comments #4

Open bsesar opened 9 years ago

bsesar commented 9 years ago

Abstract:

“stream is the most recently..” --> “stream is a recently discovered” (since qualifiers like “the most recent” “the only known” always get superceded fairly quickly).

typo: “fir the orbit”

“time of disruption” - clarify what this means exactly, i.e. initial, final, when 50% lost etc.

Intro:

Para 1: “but suggest ON THE BASIS OF THE NARROWNESS OF THE STREAM AND ITS STELLAR POPULATIONS that it was likely produced by a globular cluster."

Para 2: “First, it is the stream closest..” --> “It is the first stream uncovered close to the Galactic center and ...”. You then say that it’s short length means it was recently disrupted, but is this obvious? Could it not in principle be a long stream viewed close to edge on?

Sec 3/Table 3: