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光学引力透镜实验:从OGLE-III数据分析隆起的RR天琴座星群

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment: Analysis of the bulge RR Lyrae population from the OGLE-III data

P. Pietrukowicz, A. Udalski, I. Soszynski, D. M. Nataf, L. Wyrzykowski, R. Poleski, S. Kozlowski, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, G. Pietrzynski, K. Ulaczyk

摘要:

我们分析了在2001-2009年光学引力透镜实验(OGLE-III)第三阶段期间观测到的16,836个RR Lyr(RR Lyr)变量的数据。利用这些标准烛光,我们证明了对凸出部分的总消光与选择消光之比为R_I=A_I/E(V-I)=1.080+/-0.007,并且与颜色无关。我们证明,隆起RR天琴座恒星形成一个金属均匀的人口,在其内部略有拉长。光度测定法得出的金属丰度分布在[Fe/H]=-1.02+/-0.18处达到尖峰,分散度为0.25 dex。在内侧区域(|l| <3,|b| <4),天琴座RR星倾向于遵循隆起红团簇巨星的棒状分布。由天琴座RR核到银河系中心的距离为R_0=8.54+/-0.42 kpc。我们报告的平均密度分布的一个突破,在距离中心约0.5千秒差距,表明其可能的扁平化。使用OGLE-III数据,我们评估了在Via Lactea(VVV)巡天中正在进行的近红外VISTA变星的隆起区域应该检测到(4-7)x10^4个ab型天琴座RR变星,其中不确定性部分来自距离银河系中心0.2 kpc范围内未知的天琴座RR变星空间密度分布。

英文摘要:

We have analyzed the data on 16,836 RR Lyrae (RR Lyr) variables observed toward the Galactic bulge during the third phase of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE-III), which took place in 2001-2009. Using these standard candles, we show that the ratio of total to selective extinction toward the bulge is given by R_I=A_I/E(V-I)=1.080+/-0.007 and is independent of color. We demonstrate that the bulge RR Lyr stars form a metal-uniform population, slightly elongated in its inner part. The photometrically derived metallicity distribution is sharply peaked at [Fe/H]=-1.02+/-0.18, with a dispersion of 0.25 dex. In the inner regions (|l|<3, |b|<4) the RR Lyr tend to follow the barred distribution of the bulge red clump giants. The distance to the Milky Way center inferred from the bulge RR Lyr is R_0=8.54+/-0.42 kpc. We report a break in the mean density distribution at a distance of ~0.5 kpc from the center indicating its likely flattening. Using the OGLE-III data, we assess that (4-7)x10^4 type ab RR Lyr variables should be detected toward the bulge area of the on going near-IR VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey, where the uncertainty partially results from the unknown RR Lyr spatial density distribution within 0.2 kpc from the Galactic center.

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