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用SEGUE G矮星的空间关联函数探测银河系结构

Probing Galactic Structure with the Spatial Correlation Function of SEGUE G-dwarf Stars

Qingqing Mao, Andreas A. Berlind, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Katharine J. Schlesinger, Jennifer A. Johnson, Constance M. Rockosi, Timothy C. Beers, Donald P. Schn… 展开作者

Qingqing Mao, Andreas A. Berlind, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Katharine J. Schlesinger, Jennifer A. Johnson, Constance M. Rockosi, Timothy C. Beers, Donald P. Schneider, Kaike Pan, Dmitry Bizyaev, Elena Malanushenko

摘要:

我们使用Schlesinger等人从SDSS SEGUE巡天中获得的G矮星样本,在多条视线中测量了距离太阳1-3 kpc范围内的G矮星的两点关联函数。沿着SEGUE的各个视线的关联函数的形状敏感地依赖于恒星密度梯度和巡天的几何形状。我们适合我们的SEGUE聚类测量光滑盘星系模型,并获得强有力的限制薄和厚盘组成部分的银河系。具体来说,我们分别以3%和2%的精度约束薄盘和厚盘刻度高度的值,并且分别以20%和8%的精度约束薄盘和厚盘刻度长度的值。此外,我们发现,一个两盘模型是无法完全解释我们的聚类测量,表现出过度的集群在小尺度(< 50 pc)。这表明银河系磁盘系统中存在小尺度子结构。

英文摘要:

We measure the two-point correlation function of G-dwarf stars within 1-3 kpc of the Sun in multiple lines-of-sight using the Schlesinger et al. G-dwarf sample from the SDSS SEGUE survey. The shapes of the correlation functions along individual SEGUE lines-of-sight depend sensitively on both the stellar-density gradients and the survey geometry. We fit smooth disk galaxy models to our SEGUE clustering measurements, and obtain strong constraints on the thin- and thick-disk components of the Milky Way. Specifically, we constrain the values of the thin- and thick-disk scale heights with 3% and 2% precision, respectively, and the values of the thin- and thick-disk scale lengths with 20% and 8% precision, respectively. Moreover, we find that a two-disk model is unable to fully explain our clustering measurements, which exhibit an excess of clustering at small scales (< 50 pc). This suggests the presence of small-scale substructure in the disk system of the Milky Way.

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