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由IPHAS早期A星揭示的外星系盘结构

The Structure of the Outer Galactic Disc as revealed by IPHAS early A Stars

S. E. Sale, J. E. Drew, C. Knigge, A. A. Zijlstra, M. J. Irwin, R. A. H. Morris, S. Phillipps, J. J. Drake, R. Greimel, Y. C. Unruh, P. J. Groot, A. Mampaso, N. A. Walton

摘要:

本研究是对银盘在Anticentre方向上的恒星密度分布的调查。我们从IPHAS测光中选择了超过40,000颗早期A星,位于靠近赤道平面的银河经度范围160 < l < 200(-1 < b < +1)。然后,我们比较他们观察到的红化校正的视星等分布与模拟测光从参数化模型,以设置约束Anticentre恒星密度分布。通过选择A星,我们正在评估一个只有1亿年历史的种群的性质。我们发现年轻恒星的恒星密度分布与长度标度为(3020 \pm 120_{statistical} \pm 180_{systematic})pc的指数曲线拟合得很好,这与以前的研究结果相当,直到银心半径R_T =(13.0 \pm 0.5_{statistical} \pm 0.6_{systematic})kpc。在较大的半径处,随着尺度长度下降到(1200 \pm 300_{统计} \pm 70_{系统})pc,下降速率似乎增加。这一结果相当于对先前研究中得出的恒星密度剖面被突然截断的结论的改进。IPHAS A星的数据与提出在R_G = 10 kpc处金属丰度突然变化的模型不相容。

英文摘要:

This study is an investigation of the stellar density profile of the Galactic disc in the Anticentre direction. We select over 40,000 early A stars from IPHAS photometry in the Galactic longitude range 160 < l < 200 close to the equatorial plane (-1 < b < +1). We then compare their observed reddening-corrected apparent magnitude distribution with simulated photometry obtained from parameterised models in order to set constraints on the Anticentre stellar density profile. By selecting A stars, we are appraising the properties of a population only ~100 Myrs old. We find the stellar density profile of young stars is well fit to an exponential with length scale of (3020 \pm 120_{statistical} \pm 180_{systematic}) pc, which is comparable to that obtained in earlier studies, out to a Galactocentric radius of R_T = (13.0 \pm 0.5_{statistical} \pm 0.6_{systematic}) kpc. At larger radii the rate of decline appears to increase with the scale length dropping to (1200 \pm 300_{statistical} \pm 70_{systematic}) pc. This result amounts to a refinement of the conclusions reached in previous studies that the stellar density profile is abruptly truncated. The IPHAS A star data are not compatible with models that propose a sudden change in metallicity at R_G = 10 kpc.

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