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arXiv 2007.03122astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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利用经典造父变星研究了Milky Way盘的远侧:I.光谱分类和金属丰度梯度

Using classical Cepheids to study the far side of the Milky Way disk: I. Spectroscopic classification and the metallicity gradient

J. H. Minniti, L. Sbordone, A. Rojas-Arriagada, M. Zoccali, R. Contreras Ramos, D. Minniti, M. Marconi, V. F. Braga, M. Catelan, S. Duffau, W. Gieren, A. A. R. Valcarce

摘要:

银河系盘远侧的结构、运动学和化学成分,在凸起之外,仍然有待揭示。经典造父变星(CC)是年轻而明亮的标准烛光。我们的目标是使用这些变星的一个很好的特征样本来研究银河系盘的远侧的当前时间属性。从VVV巡天获得的近红外时间序列测光数据中选取了45颗造父变星候选星。我们使用VLT/X-Shooter获得的高质量近红外光谱对该样品进行了表征,推导出所有样品造父变星的径向速度和铁丰度。这使我们能够将富含金属且运动学与盘旋转一致的CC与II型造父变星(T2 C)分开,II型造父变星(T2 C)金属更少且运动学不同。我们利用VVV测光和周期光度关系估算了个体的距离和距离,报道了位于银盘远端的30个CC的特征,以及主要位于凸起区域的8个T2 Cs,其中10个CC和4个T2 Cs是新发现的。这是我们银河系这个遥远区域中第一个相当大的CC样本,已经被光谱证实。我们使用它们的位置,运动学和金属丰度来确认远盘的一般性质与银河系太阳侧的已被充分研究的盘相似。此外,我们第一次推导出径向金属丰度梯度的磁盘的远侧。考虑到所有具有$R_{\mathrm{GC}} < 17\,\rm{kpc}$的CC,我们测量具有$-0.062 \, \mathrm{dex\, kpc^{-1}}$的斜率和$+0.59 \, \rm{dex}$的截距的梯度,这与基于盘的近侧上的CC的先前确定一致。

英文摘要:

The structure, kinematics, and chemical composition of the far side of the Milky Way disk, beyond the bulge, are still to be revealed. Classical Cepheids (CCs) are young and luminous standard candles. We aim to use a well-characterized sample of these variable stars to study the present time properties of the far side of the Galactic disk. A sample of 45 Cepheid variable star candidates were selected from near infrared time series photometry obtained by the VVV survey. We characterized this sample using high quality near infrared spectra obtained with VLT/X-Shooter, deriving radial velocities and iron abundances for all the sample Cepheids. This allowed us to separate the CCs, which are metal rich and with kinematics consistent with the disk rotation, from type II Cepheids (T2Cs), which are more metal poor and with different kinematics. We estimated individual distances and extinctions using VVV photometry and period-luminosity relations, reporting the characterization of 30 CCs located on the far side of the Galactic disk, plus 8 T2Cs mainly located in the bulge region, of which 10 CCs and 4 T2Cs are new discoveries. This is the first sizeable sample of CCs in this distant region of our Galaxy that has been spectroscopically confirmed. We use their positions, kinematics, and metallicities to confirm that the general properties of the far disk are similar to those of the well-studied disk on the solar side of the Galaxy. In addition, we derive for the first time the radial metallicity gradient on the disk's far side. Considering all the CCs with $R_{\mathrm{GC}} < 17\,\rm{kpc}$, we measure a gradient with a slope of $-0.062 \, \mathrm{dex\, kpc^{-1}}$ and an intercept of $+0.59 \, \rm{dex}$, which is in agreement with previous determinations based on CCs on the near side of the disk.

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