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用丛巨星作为距离指示器揭示Milky Way星盘的边缘

The Edge of the Milky Way Stellar Disk Revealed Using Clump Giant Stars as Distance Indicators

D. Minniti, R. K. Saito, J. Alonso-García, P. W. Lucas, M. Hempel

摘要:

我们使用盘的丛巨星作为标准烛光校准依巴谷天体,以绘制它们的分布与两个新的近红外银河系平面调查:UKIDSS-GPS和VVV。我们探讨了不同的选择削减丛巨人。我们的结论是,在银河系的各个视线方向上,在R=13.9+/-0.5kpc处存在着银河系恒星盘的边缘。考虑了翘曲的影响,在不同的距离和平面上方和下方取场。我们证明了银河系恒星盘的边缘现在可以在近红外线中映射,以测试不同的模型,并建立我们自己在银河系中的位置。

英文摘要:

We use the clump giants of the disk as standard candles calibrated from Hipparcos parallaxes in order to map their distribution with two new near-IR surveys of the Galactic plane: UKIDSS-GPS and VVV. We explore different selection cuts of clump giants. We conclude that there is an edge of the stellar disk of the Milky Way at R=13.9+/-0.5kpc along various lines of sight across the galaxy. The effect of the warp is considered, taking fields at different longitudes and above and below the plane. We demonstrate that the edge of the stellar disk of the Milky Way can now be mapped in the near infrared in order to test different models, and to establish our own place within the galaxy.

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