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从2 MASS全天星计数得到的Milky Way信息:结构参数

The Information Of The Milky Way From 2MASS Whole Sky Star Count: The Structure Parameters

Chan-Kao Chang, Chung-Ming Ko, Ting-Hung Peng

摘要:

本文利用2微米全天巡天(2 MASS)的Ks波段差分星计数资料,计算了银河系光滑组分的整体结构参数。为了避免其他精细结构和在银道面附近和银道面上的显著消光引起的复杂性,我们只考虑银道纬度|b| > 30度的数据。用三分量模型拟合星计数数据:双指数薄盘和厚盘,幂律衰减扁晕。使用极大似然法,薄星盘的最佳局部密度为n 0 = 0.030 +- 0.002星/pc ^3。薄盘的最佳尺度-高度和长度为Hz_1 = 360 ± 10 pc和Hr_1 = 3.7 ± 1.0kpc,厚盘的最佳尺度-高度和长度为Hz_2 = 1020 ± 30 pc和Hr_2 = 5.0 ± 1.0kpc,局部厚薄盘密度比为f_2 = 7 ± 1%。扁圆晕的最佳拟合轴比为kappa = 0.55 ± 0.15,p = 2.6 ± 0.6,fh = 0.20 ± 0.10%。此外,我们发现一些退化的关键参数(如n 0,Hz 1,f2和Hz 2)。这些参数中的任何一对都是相互关联的。2 MASS数据可以很好地拟合几种可能的参数组合。这可能是类似于本研究的文献中结构参数值范围很广的原因。由于只分析了银河系中纬度和高纬度的数据,拟合对盘的尺度长度非常不敏感。

英文摘要:

The Ks band differential star count of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is used to derive the global structure parameters of the smooth components of the Milky Way. To avoid complication introduced by other fine structures and significant extinction near and at the Galactic plane, we only consider Galactic latitude |b| > 30 degree data. The star count data is fitted with a threecomponent model: double exponential thin disk and thick disk, and a power law decay oblate halo. Using maximum likelihood the best-fit local density of thin disk is n0 = 0.030 +- 0.002 stars/pc^3. The best-fit scale-height and length of the thin disk are Hz1 = 360+-10 pc and Hr1 = 3.7+-1.0 kpc, and those of the thick disk are and Hz2 = 1020+-30 pc and Hr2 = 5.0+-1.0 kpc, the local thick-to-thin disk density ratio is f2 = 7+-1%. The best-fit axis ratio, power law index and local density ratio of the oblate halo are kappa = 0.55+-0.15, p = 2.6+-0.6 and fh = 0.20+-0:10%, respectively. Moreover, we find some degeneracy among the key parameters (e.g. n0,Hz1, f2 and Hz2). Any pair of these parameters are anticorrelated to each other. The 2MASS data can be well-fitted by several possible combinations of parameters. This is probably the reason that there is a wide range of values for the structure parameters in literature similar to this study. Since only medium and high Galactic latitude data are analyzed, the fitting is very insensitive to the scale-lengths of the disks.

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