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银河系厚盘的垂直速度色散廓线

The vertical velocity dispersion profile of the Galactic thick disk

C. Moni Bidin, T. M. Girard, G. Carraro, R. A. Mendez, W. F. van Altena, V. I. Korchagin, D. I. Casetti-Dinescu

摘要:

我们提出的径向速度测量结果的770厚盘红巨星朝向南银河系极点,垂直分布从0.5千秒差距至5千秒差距相对于银河系平面。我们发现在垂直速度色散(sigma_W)的3.8+/-0.8公里/秒kpc的小梯度。更值得注意的是,我们的$σ_W$值与文献值相比很小:在垂直高度范围的中间,我们发现sigma_W(z=2kpc)=30 km/s。我们发现,没有可能的解释,这个小值的sigma_W的薄盘星的样本污染,也没有错误的假设有关的金属丰度分布和派生的距离。

英文摘要:

We present the results of radial velocity measurements of 770 thick disk red giants toward the South Galactic Pole, vertically distributed from 0.5 kpc to 5 kpc with respect to the Galactic plane. We find a small gradient in the vertical velocity dispersion (sigma_W) of 3.8+/-0.8 km/s kpc. Even more noteworthy, our values of $σ_W$ are small compared to literature values: in the middle of the vertical height range we find sigma_W(z=2kpc)=30 km/s. We found no possible explanation for this small value of sigma_W in terms of sample contamination by thin disk stars, nor by wrong assumptions regarding the metallicity distribution and the derived distances.

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