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银河系第二象限外臂的结构

An Outer Arm in the Second Galactic Quadrant: Structure

Xinyu Du, Ye Xu, Ji Yang, Yan Sun, Facheng Li, Shaobo Zhang, Xin Zhou

摘要:

缺乏旋臂示踪剂,特别是远距离示踪剂,是阻碍我们研究银河系结构的最大难题之一。幸运的是,凭借其高灵敏度的CO调查,银河成像卷轴画(MWISP)项目提供了这样一个机会。由于完成了大约三分之一的任务,l=[100,150] deg,b=[-3,5] deg的区域几乎已经覆盖。银河系的外臂首次以分子气体的形式清晰地揭示了它在银河系第二象限的形状-这是首次报道外臂如此大规模的分子气体映射。利用115 GHz的12 CO(1-0)资料,在LSR速度~= [-100,-60] km s^-1和上述区域,我们总共探测到481个分子云,其中,332其中457个可能属于外臂云,总质量约为3.1 × 10^6太阳质量。假设螺旋臂是对数螺旋,螺旋角拟合为~ 13.1度。结合MWISP的CO数据和加拿大银道巡天(CGPS)的21 cm HI数据,对外臂的气体分布、翘曲和厚度进行了研究。

英文摘要:

The lack of arm tracers, especially the remote tracers, is one of the most difficult problems preventing us from studying the structure of the Milky Way. Fortunately, with its high-sensitivity CO survey, the Milky Way Imaging Scroll Painting (MWISP) project offers such an opportunity. Since completing about one-third of its mission, an area of l=[100,150] deg, b=[-3,5] deg has nearly been covered. The Outer arm of the Milky Way first clearly revealed its shape in the second galactic quadrant in the form of molecular gas --- this is the first time that the Outer arm has been reported in such a large-scale mapping of molecular gas. Using the 115 GHz 12CO(1-0) data of MWISP at the LSR velocity ~= [-100,-60] km s^-1 and in the area mentioned above, we have detected 481 molecular clouds in total, and among them 332 (about 69\%) are newly detected and 457 probably belong to the Outer arm. The total mass of the detected Outer arm clouds is ~ 3.1*10^6 M_sun. Assuming that the spiral arm is a logarithmic spiral, the pitch angle is fitted as ~ 13.1 deg. Besides combining both the CO data from MWISP and the 21 cm HI data from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS), the gas distribution, warp, and thickness of the Outer arm are also studied.

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