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arXiv 0911.3598astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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薄盘的恒星星族

The Stellar Population of the Thin Disk

Carlos Allende Prieto

摘要:

我们讨论了最近的恒星位于靠近银河系的对称平面的观测,并检查他们的背景下的星系形成和演化的理论。太阳附近薄盘星的运动学、年龄和组成显示出复杂的模式和有趣的相关性。银河系盘似乎并没有对分层星系形成理论造成任何不可逾越的障碍,但是一个能够重现数据中发现的复杂性的银河系模型可能需要对银河系中相当一部分恒星进行细致的研究。为了在我们自己的星系中建立一个物理实验室,并最终确保最相关的过程得到正确的理解,进行这样的观测工作似乎是必要的。

英文摘要:

We discuss recent observations of stars located close to the symmetry plane of the Milky Way, and examine them in the context of theories of Galaxy formation and evolution. The kinematics, ages, and compositions of thin disk stars in the solar neighborhood display complex patterns, and interesting correlations. The Galactic disk does not seem to pose any unsurmountable obstacles to hierarchical galaxy formation theories, but a model of the Milky Way able to reproduce the complexity found in the data will likely require a meticulous study of a significant fraction of the stars in the Galaxy. Making such an observational effort seems necessary in order to make a physics laboratory out of our own galaxy, and ultimately ensure that the most relevant processes are properly understood.

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