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映射X形Milky Way凸起

Mapping the X-Shaped Milky Way Bulge

Roberto K. Saito, Manuela Zoccali, Andrew McWilliam, Dante Minniti, Oscar A. Gonzalez, Vanessa Hill

摘要:

利用2 MASS数据分析了银河系球核中RC星的分布。我们绘制了1平方度内红色团块的位置。在区域|l| <= 8.5度和$3.5deg<=|b|<=8.5deg, for a total of 170 sq.deg. The red clump seen single in the central area splits into two components at high Galactic longitudes in both hemispheres, produced by two structures at different distances along the same line of sight. The X-shape is clearly visible in the Z-X plane for longitudes close to $ 1 =0度轴内的尺寸字段。在明亮和暗淡的RC人口的RC星的空间密度的粗测量是一致的,通过RC距离,提供进一步的支持证据,X-结构是真实的,有近似的前后对称,在我们的凸起领域。我们的结论是,银河系核球在$ |l| <~ 2度范围内具有X形结构,几乎可以从视线的边缘看到。为了区分可能导致观察到的X形结构的不同可能性,需要与光谱数据相结合的延伸到最里面的凸起区域的额外的深NIR测光。

英文摘要:

We analyzed the distribution of the RC stars throughout Galactic bulge using 2MASS data. We mapped the position of the red clump in 1 sq.deg. size fields within the area |l|<=8.5deg and $3.5deg<=|b|<=8.5deg, for a total of 170 sq.deg. The red clump seen single in the central area splits into two components at high Galactic longitudes in both hemispheres, produced by two structures at different distances along the same line of sight. The X-shape is clearly visible in the Z-X plane for longitudes close to $l=0 deg axis. Crude measurements of the space densities of RC stars in the bright and faint RC populations are consistent with the adopted RC distances, providing further supporting evidence that the X-structure is real, and that there is approximate front-back symmetry in our bulge fields. We conclude that the Milky Way bulge has an X-shaped structure within $|l|<~2deg, seen almost edge on with respect to the line of sight. Additional deep NIR photometry extending into the innermost bulge regions combined with spectroscopic data is needed in order to discriminate among the different possibilities that can cause the observed X-shaped structure.

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