------------------------------------------------------------------------ hvs3.tex ApJ, 2007, accepted In-Reply-To: <46E7AF74.5050000@patriot.net> Message-ID: References: <46E7AF74.5050000@patriot.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the postmaster@aoc.nrao.edu for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=0, required 5, autolearn=disabled) X-MailScanner-From: wbrown@cfa.harvard.edu X-Spam-Status: No %astro-ph/0709.1471 \documentclass{emulateapj} \begin{document} \slugcomment{Accepted to ApJ} \title{ Hypervelocity Stars III. The Space Density and Ejection History of Main Sequence Stars from the Galactic Center} \author{Warren R.\ Brown, Margaret J.\ Geller, Scott J.\ Kenyon, Michael J.\ Kurtz} \affil{Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138} \email{wbrown@cfa.harvard.edu} \and \author{Benjamin C.\ Bromley} \affil{Department of Physics, University of Utah, 115 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112} \shorttitle{ Hypervelocity Stars III. } \shortauthors{ Brown et al. } \begin{abstract} We report the discovery of 3 new unbound hypervelocity stars (HVSs), stars traveling with such extreme velocities that dynamical ejection from a massive black hole (MBH) is their only suggested origin. We also detect a population of possibly bound HVSs. The significant asymmetry we observe in the velocity distribution -- we find 26 stars with $v_{\rm rf}>275$ km s$^{-1}$ and 1 star with $v_{\rm rf}<-275$ km s$^{-1}$ -- shows that the HVSs must be short-lived, probably 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence stars. Any population of hypervelocity post-main sequence stars should contain stars falling back onto the Galaxy, contrary to the observations. The spatial distribution of HVSs also supports the main sequence interpretation: longer-lived 3 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs fill our survey volume; shorter-lived 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs are missing at faint magnitudes. We infer that there are $96\pm10$ HVSs of mass 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ within $R<100$ kpc, possibly enough HVSs to constrain ejection mechanisms and potential models. Depending on the mass function of HVSs, we predict that SEGUE may find up to 5 - 15 new HVSs. The travel times of our HVSs favor a continuous ejection process, although a $\sim$120 Myr-old burst of HVSs is also allowed. \end{abstract} \keywords{ Galaxy: halo --- Galaxy: center --- Galaxy: stellar content --- Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics --- stars: early-type } \section{INTRODUCTION} In 2005 we discovered the first HVS: a 3 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence star traveling with a Galactic rest frame velocity of at least $+709\pm12$ km s$^{-1}$, many times the escape velocity of the Galaxy at its heliocentric distance of 110 kpc \citep{brown05, fuentes06}. This star cannot be explained by normal stellar interactions: the maximum ejection velocity from binary disruption mechanisms \citep{blaauw61, poveda67} is limited to $\sim$300 km s$^{-1}$ for few M$_{\sun}$ stars \citep{leonard91, leonard93, tauris98, portegies00, davies02, gualandris05}. Thus the origin of the HVS must be tied to a more massive and compact object. \citet{hills88} first predicted HVSs as an inevitable consequence of three-body interactions with a massive black hole (MBH). There is overwhelming evidence for a $4\times10^6$ M$_{\sun}$ MBH at the center of our Galaxy \citep{schodel03, ghez05}. Thus HVSs are probably stars ejected from the Galaxy by the MBH in the Galactic center. Further HVS discoveries have followed the original discovery. \citet{hirsch05} reported a helium-rich subluminous O star leaving the Galaxy with a rest-frame velocity of at least $+717$ km s$^{-1}$. \citet{edelmann05} reported an 8 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence star with a Galactic rest frame velocity of at least $+548$ km s$^{-1}$, possibly ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud. \citet{brown06, brown06b, brown07a} designed a targeted HVS survey using the 6.5m MMT and Whipple 1.5m telescopes to measure the radial velocities of distant B-type stars. This strategy has worked remarkably well, yielding 7 HVSs and evidence for a bound population of stars ejected by the same mechanism. Here we report the 3 newest HVS discoveries, and discuss additional evidence for the ``bound'' HVSs. The existence of HVSs has inspired broad theoretical interest, and many testable predictions have emerged. It is clear that HVSs can be ejected by different mechanisms: binary star encounters with a single MBH \citep{hills88, yu03, bromley06} or possibly with an intermediate mass black hole \citep[IMBH,][]{ gualandris07}, single star encounters with a binary MBH \citep{yu03, sesana06, merritt06, sesana07} or an in-spiraling IMBH-MBH \citep{gualandris05, levin06, baumgardt06}, and single star encounters with the cluster of stellar mass black holes around the MBH \citep{oleary07}. The dominant ejection mechanism remains unclear. Ejection rates depend on the number of stars scattered onto orbits that intersect the MBH's ``loss cone'' \citep{perets07, perets07b}. Interestingly, the different ejection mechanisms result in different distributions of HVS ejection velocities and ejection rates \citep[e.g.][]{yu03, sesana07b}. HVSs probe a variety of characteristics of the Galaxy. The density of HVSs and their distribution of velocities tell us about the MBH's environment. The stellar types of HVSs tell us about the types of stars orbiting near the MBH \citep{brown06, demarque07, kollmeier07, lu07}. The trajectories of HVSs provide unique probes of the shape and orientation of the Galaxy's dark matter halo \citep{gnedin05, yu07}. A large sample of HVSs will be a new and powerful tool to investigate these issues. Our HVS radial velocity survey is now 96.5\% complete for faint B-type stars over 7300 deg$^2$ of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 \citep[DR5,][]{adelman07}. Our survey provides strong evidence for a class of HVSs on bound orbits \citep{brown07a} matching expectations from theoretical models \citep{bromley06, sesana07b}. The distribution of HVSs on the sky appears marginally anisotropic, as expected for a magnitude-limited survey of HVSs ejected from the Galactic center \citep{brown07a}. Here we address the HVS's stellar type, their space density, and the history of HVS ejections from the Galactic center. In \S 2 we discuss the final target selection and spectroscopic identifications. In \S 3 we describe three new HVSs. In \S 4 we show that the observed HVSs must be short-lived objects, probably main sequence stars. In \S 5 we calculate the space density of HVSs, and predict HVSs discovery rates for some future surveys. In \S 6 we calculate HVS travel times, and discuss their ejection history. We conclude in \S 7. The new observations are in Appendix A. \section{DATA} \subsection{Target Selection} \citet[hereafter Paper I]{brown06b} describe the target selection for our survey of faint $17275$ km s$^{-1}$ and only 1 star with $v_{\rm rf}<-275$ km s$^{-1}$. We estimate the significance of the asymmetric velocity distribution by fitting a Gaussian distribution to the data. We iteratively clip 3-$\sigma$ outliers and find a $+13\pm3$ km s$^{-1}$ mean and a $106\pm4$ km s$^{-1}$ dispersion. The lower panel of Figure \ref{fig:hist} plots the residuals of the observations from this Gaussian distribution, normalized by the value of the Gaussian. Stars with velocities $|v_{\rm rf}|<275$ km s$^{-1}$ show low-significance deviations from a Gaussian distribution and are likely a normal halo population (Paper I). Integrating the tail of the Gaussian suggests we should expect 7 stars with $v_{\rm rf}>275$ km s$^{-1}$. Yet we observe 26 such objects, including the unbound HVSs. There is less than a $10^{-7}$ probability of drawing 26 stars with $v_{\rm rf}>275$ km s$^{-1}$ from a Gaussian distribution with the observed parameters. Thus the observed asymmetry appears significant at the 5-$\sigma$ level. We now ask whether the non-zero mean of the distribution is consistent with models of HVS ejections. If the 19 objects in excess of the Gaussian distribution $v_{\rm rf}>275$ km s$^{-1}$ are HVSs, the \citet{bromley06} ejection model for 3 M$_{\sun}$ stars suggests that an additional 11 HVSs have $v_{\rm rf}<275$ km s$^{-1}$ in our survey. We randomly draw 30 objects from the \citet{bromley06} HVS ejection model and add them to 975 objects drawn from a Gaussian distribution with dispersion 106 km s$^{-1}$ and zero mean. The expected 30 HVSs shift the mean of the distribution by $+2\pm4$ km s$^{-1}$, consistent with but not entirely sufficient to explain the observed shift in the mean. In Paper II, we argue that the significant excess of stars with velocities around $v_{\rm rf}\sim +300$ km s$^{-1}$ demonstrates a population of HVSs ejected onto bound trajectories. HVS ejection mechanisms naturally produce broad spectrum of ejection velocities that include bound orbits \citep{bromley06}. We observe 19 possibly bound HVSs with $275275$ km s$^{-1}$ is significant at the $\sim$$5\sigma$ level, and shows that the bound stars with $+300$ km s$^{-1}$ are {\it short-lived}; we observe only 1 star falling back onto the Galaxy near $-300$ km s$^{-1}$. } \end{figure} \begin{deluxetable*}{lcccccccccl} % TABLE OF KNOWN HVSs % \rotate % \tabletypesize{\small} \tablewidth{0pt} \tablecaption{HYPERVELOCITY STARS\label{tab:hvs}} \tablecolumns{11} \tablehead{ \colhead{ID} & \colhead{Type} & \colhead{$M_V$} & \colhead{$V$} & \colhead{$R_{GC}$} & \colhead{$l$} & \colhead{$b$} & \colhead{$v_{\sun}$} & \colhead{$v_{\rm rf}$} & \colhead{$t_{GC}$} & \colhead{Catalog} \\ \colhead{} & \colhead{} & \colhead{{\small mag}} & \colhead{{\small mag}} & \colhead{{\small kpc}} & \colhead{{\small deg}} & \colhead{{\small deg}} & \colhead{{\small km s$^{-1}$}} & \colhead{{\small km s$^{-1}$}} & \colhead{{\small Myr}} & \colhead{} } \startdata hvs1 & B & -0.3 & 19.84 & 111 & 227.33 & +31.33 & 840 & 696 & 145 & SDSS J090744.99+024506.9$^1$ \\ hvs2 & sdO & +2.6 & 19.05 & 26 & 175.99 & +47.05 & 708 & 717 & 32 & US 708$^2$ \\ hvs3 & B & -2.7 & 16.20 & 62 & 263.04 & -40.91 & 723 & 548 & 100 & HE 0437-5439$^3$ \\ hvs4 & B & -0.9 & 18.50 & 82 & 194.76 & +42.56 & 611 & 567 & 125 & SDSS J091301.01+305119.8$^4$ \\ hvs5 & B & -0.3 & 17.70 & 45 & 146.23 & +38.70 & 551 & 647 & 60 & SDSS J091759.48+672238.3$^4$ \\ hvs6 & B & -0.3 & 19.11 & 78 & 243.12 & +59.56 & 626 & 528 & 130 & SDSS J110557.45+093439.5$^5$ \\ hvs7 & B & -0.9 & 17.80 & 56 & 263.83 & +57.95 & 534 & 421 & 110 & SDSS J113312.12+010824.9$^5$ \\ hvs8 & B & -0.3 & 18.09 & 53 & 211.70 & +46.33 & 511 & 429 & 100 & SDSS J094214.04+200322.1 \\ hvs9 & B & -0.3 & 18.76 & 68 & 244.63 & +44.38 & 628 & 485 & 120 & SDSS J102137.08$-$005234.8 \\ hvs10 & B & -0.3 & 19.36 & 87 & 249.93 & +75.72 & 478 & 432 & 165 & SDSS J120337.85+180250.4 \\ \enddata \tablerefs{ (1) \citet{brown05}; (2) \citet{hirsch05}; (3) \citet{edelmann05}; (4) \citet{brown06}; (5) \citet{brown06b} } \end{deluxetable*} \section{HYPERVELOCITY STARS} \subsection{ Three New HVSs } We discover 3 HVSs in our new observations. The objects are SDSS J094214.04+200322.07 (HVS8), SDSS J102137.08-005234.77 (HVS9), and SDSS J120337.86+180250.35 (HVS10). HVS8 has a B9 spectral type, a $+512\pm10$ km s$^{-1}$ heliocentric radial velocity, and a minimum velocity of $+430$ km s$^{-1}$ in the Galactic rest frame. A solar metallicity 3 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence star has $M_V\simeq-0.3$ \citep{schaller92}. This luminosity places HVS8 at a Galactocentric distance $R=53$ kpc. The mass of the Galaxy within 50 kpc is $5.5\times10^{11}$ M$_{\sun}$ \citep{wilkinson99, sakamoto03}, which implies that the the escape velocity at 50 kpc is $\sim$300 km s$^{-1}$. We conclude that HVS8 is very likely unbound to the Galaxy. HVS9 has a B9 spectral type, a $+632\pm11$ km s$^{-1}$ heliocentric radial velocity, and a minimum velocity of $+489$ km s$^{-1}$ in the Galactic rest frame. Unlike the other HVSs in our survey, which are located 10\arcdeg\ - 20\arcdeg\ away on the sky from the nearest Local Group galaxy, HVS9 is 2\fdg3 from the Sextans dwarf galaxy. Any physical association with Sextans is very unlikely, however. Sextans is $1320\pm40$ kpc distant \citep{dolphin03} and has a heliocentric velocity of $224\pm2$ km s$^{-1}$ \citep{young00}. Thus HVS9 is moving towards the dwarf galaxy with a relative velocity of 408 km s$^{-1}$. Interestingly, HVS9 also has the reddest $(g'-r')$ color of the HVSs; it is arguably the best blue horizontal branch (BHB) candidate among our HVSs. The equivalent width of its Ca {\sc ii} K line suggests low metallicity and the \citet{clewley04} line-shape technique suggests low surface gravity. However, both measurements are notoriously uncertain at the hot effective temperature of HVS9, $(B-V)\simeq-0.01$. Whether HVS9 is a BHB star located at $R=35$ kpc or a 3 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence star at $R=68$ kpc, its large velocity means it is certainly unbound. HVS10 has a B9 spectral type, a $+478\pm10$ km s$^{-1}$ heliocentric radial velocity, and a minimum velocity of $+432$ km s$^{-1}$ in the Galactic rest frame. HVS10 is the faintest HVS discovered by this survey, $g'=19.295\pm0.024$, and is thus the most distant HVS known except for HVS1. Assuming it is a 3 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence star, HVS10 is $\sim$84 kpc above the Galactic plane at its latitude $b=+76\arcdeg$. Table \ref{tab:hvs} summarizes the HVS properties. Columns include HVS number, stellar type, inferred absolute magnitude $M_V$, apparent $V$ magnitude derived from SDSS photometry, Galactocentric distance $R$, Galactic coordinates $(l,b)$, heliocentric radial velocity $v_{\sun}$, minimum Galactic rest-frame velocity $v_{\rm rf}$ (not a full space velocity), travel time estimate from the Galactic Center $t_{GC}$, and catalog identification. Velocities have changed slightly from previous work because we have obtained multiple observations of all the HVSs; here we report the weighted average of the velocity measurements. We include HVS1, HVS2, and HVS3 in Table \ref{tab:hvs} but exclude them from our analyses; the first three HVSs do not fall within the color/magnitude bounds of this targeted survey. We do not report errors in Table \ref{tab:hvs} because formal uncertainties are misleadingly small compared to the (unknown) systematic errors. For example, heliocentric radial velocities are accurate to $\pm$11 km s$^{-1}$, but we have no constraint on the proper motion component of the rest frame velocity $v_{\rm rf}$. The luminosity estimates described below are precise to at the 10\% level for main sequence stars, however the luminosity estimates could be over-estimated by an order of magnitude for post-main sequence stars. \subsection{ Constraints on HVS Binaries } Approximately 25\% of late B-type stars in the solar neighborhood are in binaries with periods $<100$ days and with mass ratios greater than $m_2/m_1 > 0.1$ \citep{wolff78}. Thus, in principle, $2\pm1$ of the 8 late B-type HVSs (we include HVS1) could be spectroscopic binaries. Although HVSs are ejected as single stars by standard HVS mechanisms, \citet{lu07} argue that the MBH binary mechanism can eject a compact HVS binary. Detection of a single HVS binary might thus provide compelling evidence for a binary MBH in the Galactic center \citep{lu07}. We have two spectroscopic observations of each of the 7 HVSs in this survey, typically obtained a few months apart. In all cases, the radial velocities are identical within the accuracy of the measurements, $\pm11$ km s$^{-1}$. Thus it appears unlikely that the HVSs are compact binaries. We test this claim by comparing the observations with velocities drawn $10^4$ times from a typical 50 km s$^{-1}$ semi-amplitude binary with random orbital phase and inclination. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test finds a 0.04 likelihood of drawing the observations from a binary system with 50 km s$^{-1}$ semi-amplitude. Additional observations of higher accuracy are necessary to rule out radial velocity variations completely. We have also obtained three observations of HVS1 spread over 3.5 years. The heliocentric radial velocities are $853\pm12$, $816\pm14$, and $832\pm13$ km s$^{-1}$. Thus HVS1 may have velocity variations. However, HVS1 is a slowly pulsating B variable \citep{fuentes06}. Slowly pulsating B variables exhibit radial velocity amplitudes of $\sim$20 km s$^{-1}$ \citep{aerts99, mathias01}, consistent with the observations. Although our current observations are not conclusive, it is unlikely that any of the known HVSs are compact binary systems. \begin{figure} % FIGURE 3: HVS SPECTRUM \includegraphics[width=3.25in]{f3.eps} \caption{ \label{fig:spectrum} Summed HVS spectrum, created from the weighted average of our observations of HVS1 and HVS4 - HVS10, shifted to rest frame. The spectral type is that of a B8 - B9 star. The wavelength difference between the pair of Ca {\sc ii} K lines, one from the HVSs and one from the local interstellar medium that appears in the spectra of HVS8 and HVS9, visibly indicates the large space motion of the HVSs, $\Delta \lambda / \lambda \sim$ 550 km s$^{-1}$.} \end{figure} \subsection{ HVS Template Spectrum } Summing our HVS spectra allows construction of a high $S/N$ template of the HVSs. Figure \ref{fig:spectrum} displays the weighted average of our observations of HVS1 and HVS4 - HVS10, shifted to the rest frame. The total integration time is equivalent to 4 hours on the 6.5m MMT telescope. The strongest spectral features in Figure \ref{fig:spectrum} are the hydrogen Balmer lines, visible from H$\gamma$ to H17. It is interesting to discuss spectral classification in light of the weak spectral lines visible in Figure \ref{fig:spectrum}. The strengths of Mg {\sc ii} 4481 and the Si {\sc ii} 4130 blend relative to He {\sc i} 4471 and He {\sc i} 4144, respectively, indicate that the summed HVS spectrum must be later than a B7 spectral type. Notably, Ca {\sc ii} 3933 and He {\sc i} 4026 have similar equivalent widths, indicating that the summed HVS spectrum has a spectral type of B8 - B9. This late B spectral type is consistent with our color selection and our previous spectral classifications. Amusingly, we also see two Ca {\sc ii} K lines in Figure \ref{fig:spectrum}. One Ca {\sc ii} K line is from the atmospheres of the HVSs at 3933 \AA, and the other is from the local interstellar medium in the direction of HVS8 and HVS9. The interstellar Ca {\sc ii} K line appears shifted to 3926 \AA\ in the rest-frame of HVS8 and HVS9. The difference between the two Ca {\sc ii} K lines, $\Delta \lambda / \lambda \sim$ 550 km s$^{-1}$, visibly indicates the large space motion of the HVSs. \section{ NATURE OF THE HYPERVELOCITY STARS } We use the observed velocity distribution (Figure \ref{fig:hist}) to show that HVSs must be short-lived. Using stellar evolution arguments and orbit calculations, we argue that the HVSs are likely main sequence stars. \subsection{ The Asymmetric Velocity Distribution } The HVSs are moving away from us with large positive radial velocities $4002$ M$_{\sun}$ progenitors. Our understanding of $M>2$ M$_{\sun}$ BHB stars is limited by the absence of stellar evolution tracks that connect the zero age main sequence mass to the horizontal branch core mass. Main sequence stars, on the other hand, match the current understanding of the Galactic center: \citet{maness07} find evidence for a top-heavy initial mass function in the Galactic center, and \citet{eisenhauer05} show that the stars presently in orbit around the central MBH are main sequence B stars, some of which may be the former companions of the HVSs \citep{ginsburg06, ginsburg07}. The 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence stars sampled by our survey have lifetimes of 160 - 350 Myr, consistent with the absence of bound HVSs falling back onto the Galaxy with large negative velocities. We conclude HVSs are likely main sequence stars. \section{ SPACE DENSITY OF HYPERVELOCITY STARS } Our essentially complete survey places interesting constraints on the space density of HVSs. The presence of a MBH in the Galactic center inevitably ejects a fountain of HVSs from the Galaxy. If HVS ejections are continuous and isotropic, their space density should be proportional to $R^{-2}$ \citep[see also][]{bromley07}. The volume sampled by our survey is proportional to $R^3$. Thus, in the simplest picture, we expect the number of HVSs in our survey to have the dependence $N( v_{esc}$ at a given $R$ with travel times exceeding their lifetimes. The dotted line in Figure \ref{fig:densa} shows the weighted average of the 3 and 4 M$_{\sun}$ correction factors, appropriate for our set of HVSs. The lifetime correction is negligible for 3 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs in our magnitude range, but it is substantial for the faintest 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs. The two 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs in our survey are located at $R=56$ kpc and $R=82$ kpc; given a $N(90$ kpc is consistent with the interpretation that they are main sequence stars with short, 160 Myr lifetimes. The 3 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs, on the other hand, fill the region where we can detect them, consistent with their longer, 350 Myr main sequence lifetimes. \begin{figure} % FIGURE 7: CUMULATIVE NUMBER DENSITY \includegraphics[width=3.25in]{f7.eps} \caption{ \label{fig:densb} Cumulative number of 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs vs.\ Galactocentric radius $R$. Over $4\pi$ str, the space density of 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs is $\rho(R) = (0.077\pm0.008) R^{-2}$ kpc$^{-3}$. We infer there are $96\pm10$ 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs within $R<100$ kpc.} \end{figure} \subsection{ Density Distribution } We derive the HVS space density from a least-squares fit to the observations, corrected for lifetime. The slope is $0.159\pm0.017$ kpc$^{-1}$ (see Figure \ref{fig:densa}). We estimate the uncertainty by assigning random uncertainties to the HVSs, drawn from a Gaussian distribution with $\sigma=$10\% in luminosity, and by re-fitting the line 10$^4$ times. Because all 7 HVSs have $g'_0>17$, they are drawn from the MMT survey and cover an effective area of 6800 deg$^2$ of sky (93\% of 7300 deg$^2$). Corrected to $4\pi$ steradians, the space density of 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs is thus $\rho(R) = (0.077\pm0.008) R^{-2}$ kpc$^{-3}$. Figure \ref{fig:densb} plots the cumulative number of 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs in the Galaxy. Our observations imply there are $96\pm10$ late B-type HVSs in the sphere $R<100$ kpc, about 1 HVS per kpc. \subsection{ Prediction for Future Surveys } We can use the space density of 3 - 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs to predict HVS detections in future surveys. Our predictions make the following assumptions. (1) We assume that the distribution of HVS velocities is the same for all stellar masses. Ejection velocity depends weakly on the mass of the stellar binary $(m_1 + m_2)^{1/3}$ in the Hill's mechanism, but there is no such dependence for stars ejected from a binary MBH. (2) We use the Salpeter mass function, $M^{-2.35}$ \citep{salpeter55}, and the present-day mass function of the bulge, $M^{-4.5}$ for $M>1$ M$_{\sun}$ and $M^{-2.35}$ for $M<1$ M$_{\sun}$ \citep{mezger99}, as two representative mass functions for calculating the number ratios of stars of different stellar masses. (3) If HVSs are ejected by the Hill's mechanism, we implicitly assume that the same fraction of stars are in compact binaries at all masses; no such assumption is required for the binary MBH mechanism. (4) We use the \citet{girardi04} stellar isochrones of solar abundance to obtain luminosities for stars at a given mass, or color. We use the luminosities to calculate survey volumes for a set of magnitude limits. (5) Finally, we assume observation of 100\% of stars in a given area of sky. \citet{kollmeier07} propose observing faint $19.5 < g' < 21.5$ stars near the main-sequence turn-off $0.3 < (g'-i') < 1.1$ as the optimal strategy for finding low-mass HVSs. The $(g'-i')$ colors select $0.8 < M < 1.3$ M$_{\sun}$ solar metallicity stars with absolute magnitudes $3.7 < M_V < 6.3$. Using the present-day mass function of the bulge, we estimate that there is 1 HVS per $\sim$50 deg$^2$ in the proposed magnitude range, in excellent agreement with the 1 HVS per 45 deg$^2$ estimated by \citet{kollmeier07}. However, a Salpeter mass function predicts an order-of-magnitude lower density, 1 HVS per $\sim$500 deg$^2$. The ratio of high- to low-mass HVSs thus provides a sensitive measure of the stellar mass function near the central MBH \citep{kollmeier07, bromley07}. SEGUE is an on-going survey that includes spectroscopy of 1144 stars along $\sim$200 sightlines with the SDSS telescope \citep{adelman07b}. Each sightline covers 7 deg$^2$ of sky, for a total of 1400 deg$^2$ of spectroscopic coverage. Notably, SEGUE acquires spectra for 150 BHB/A-type stars per sightline over the magnitude range $142$ M$_{\sun}$ progenitors are also a possibility. Observations of stars in the central 10 pc of the Galaxy are now probing $\sim$3 M$_{\sun}$ main sequence stars, some of which may feed the MBH and produce HVSs. Thus there is a need to better understand the BHB phase of 2 - 3 M$_{\sun}$ stars in the context of HVSs and Galactic center research. The spatial distribution of HVSs supports the main sequence interpretation. The longer-lived 3 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs fill our survey volume; the shorter-lived 4 M$_{\sun}$ HVSs are missing at faint magnitudes. The spatial distribution of HVSs is remarkably consistent with a $N(