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Milky Way中的垂直X形结构:来自简单Boxy凸起模型的证据

The Vertical X-shaped Structure in the Milky Way: Evidence from a Simple Boxy Bulge Model

Zhao-Yu Li, Juntai Shen

摘要:

最近在银河系核球中发现了一个垂直的X形结构。在这里,我们提出了一个类似的X形结构的证据,在沈等人(2010)的酒吧/boxy隆起模型,同时匹配恒星运动学成功。X形结构被发现在我们的酒吧/盒状隆起模型的中心区域,并在许多方面与观察到的定性一致。X形结构在径向和垂直方向上的端到端间隔分别约为3 kpc和1.8 kpc。X形结构在四方形凸起区域包含约7%的光,但它足够重要,可以在观测中识别。X形结构是在棒状/盒状凸起的形成过程中自然产生的,并且主要与围绕垂直延伸的x_1族捕获的轨道有关。就像我们模型中的棒一样,X形结构从太阳-银河系中心线倾斜20度。X形结构变得越来越对称于盘平面,因此观察到的对称性可能表明它至少在几十亿年前形成。垂直X形结构的存在表明,银河系凸起的形成主要是由内部盘动力学不稳定性形成的。

英文摘要:

A vertical X-shaped structure was recently reported in the Galactic bulge. Here we present evidence of a similar X-shaped structure in the Shen et al. (2010) bar/boxy bulge model that simultaneously matches the stellar kinematics successfully. The X-shaped structure is found in the central region of our bar/boxy bulge model, and is qualitatively consistent with the observed one in many aspects. End-to-end separations of the X-shaped structure in the radial and vertical directions are roughly 3 kpc and 1.8 kpc, respectively. The X-shaped structure contains about 7% of light in the boxy bulge region, but it is significant enough to be identified in observations. An X-shaped structure naturally arises in the formation of bar/boxy bulges, and is mainly associated with orbits trapped around the vertically-extended x_1 family. Like the bar in our model, the X-shaped structure tilts away from the Sun--Galactic center line by 20 degrees. The X-shaped structure becomes increasingly symmetric about the disk plane, so the observed symmetry may indicate that it formed at least a few billion years ago. The existence of the vertical X-shaped structure suggests that the formation of the Milky Way bulge is shaped mainly by internal disk dynamical instabilities.

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