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映射非对称密集磁盘:III。与银河棒的动力学和相互作用

Mapping the Asymmetric Thick Disk: III. The Kinematics and Interaction with the Galactic Bar

Roberta M. Humphreys, Timothy C. Beers, Juan E. Cabanela, Skyler Grammer, Kris Davidson, Young Sun Lee, Jeffrey A. Larsen

摘要:

在本系列的前两篇论文中,Larsen等人(2010 a,b)描述了我们在内星系的微弱CCD调查,并绘制了第一象限(Q1)中厚盘星的超密度为5 kpc或更高。表现出最强过剩的区域在银河系圆盘中的酒吧密度等值线之上。在这第三篇关于非对称厚盘的论文中,我们报告了Q1中超过4000颗恒星的径向速度和金属丰度参数,在平面上方和下方以及平面上方的Q4中。我们证实了Parker等人(2004)首次报道的相应的运动学不对称性,扩展到更大的距离和更大的空间覆盖范围。Q1中的厚盘星相对于圆自转有60 - 70 km/s的自转滞后,而金属-弱厚盘星的自转滞后更大,为100 km/s。两者都落后于Q4中相应的种群约30 km/s。有趣的是,Q1中的盘星似乎也参与了大约30 km/s的旋转滞后。第一季度厚盘增强的旋转滞后延伸到距离太阳4千秒差距或更多。在3到4千秒差距时,我们的视线延伸到了棒近侧的密度等值线之上,当我们的视线直接越过棒时,旋转滞后似乎减少了。这是一致的“引力尾流”所引起的旋转酒吧在磁盘将陷阱和堆积恒星背后it. We得出结论,与恒星酒吧的动力学相互作用是最可能的解释所观察到的运动学和空间不对称性。

英文摘要:

In the first two papers of this series, Larsen et al (2010a,b) describe our faint CCD survey in the inner Galaxy and map the over-density of Thick Disk stars in Quadrant I (Q1) to 5 kpc or more along the line of sight. The regions showing the strongest excess are above the density contours of the bar in the Galactic disk. In this third paper on the asymmetric Thick Disk, we report on radial velocities and derived metallicity parameters for over 4000 stars in Q1, above and below the plane and in Q4 above the plane. We confirm the corresponding kinematic asymmetry first reported by Parker et al. (2004), extended to greater distances and with more spatial coverage. The Thick Disk stars in Q1 have a rotational lag of 60 -- 70 km/s relative to circular rotation, and the Metal-Weak Thick Disk stars have an even greater lag of 100 km/s. Both lag their corresponding populations in Q4 by approximately 30 km/s. Interestingly, the Disk stars in Q1 also appear to participate in the rotational lag by about 30 km/s. The enhanced rotational lag for the Thick Disk in Q1 extends to 4 kpc or more from the Sun. At 3 to 4 kpc, our sight lines extend above the density contours on the near side of the bar, and as our lines of sight pass directly over the bar the rotational lag appears to decrease. This is consistent with a "gravitational wake" induced by the rotating bar in the Disk which would trap and pile up stars behind it. We conclude that a dynamical interaction with the stellar bar is the most probable explanation for the observed kinematic and spatial asymmetries.

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