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arXiv 2009.01320astro-ph.GA
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用Gaia DR2约束到北极支线的距离

Constraining the Distance to the North Polar Spur with Gaia DR2

Kaustav K. Das, Catherine Zucker, Joshua S. Speagle, Alyssa Goodman, Gregory M. Green, João Alves

摘要:

北极支线(North Polar Spur,缩写为NPR)是银河系中在无线电和软X射线中观测到的最大结构之一。虽然已经有几个预测的起源,结构建模是困难的,没有精确的距离限制。在本文中,我们确定准确的距离,南部终端的南极洲和对纬度范围高达55 $^{\circ}$。首先,我们使用光学和近红外测光和Gaia DR 2天体测量来拟合恒星对恒星的距离和消光。我们将这些每星距离消光估计建模为由未知距离处的尘埃屏引起的,我们适合使用嵌套采样算法。然后,我们比较消光的马刺来自我们的3D尘埃建模与集成的独立措施,从XMM-牛顿X射线吸收和HI柱密度的措施。我们发现,我们可以占近100%的总列密度的Rupas躺在140 pc的纬度PDMATHAMN和700 pc的纬度$< 11^{\circ}$。根据这些结果,我们得出结论,银河系的中心和费米泡都不存在。相反,它可能与Sco-Cen协会有关,特别是在高纬度地区。

英文摘要:

The North Polar Spur (NPS) is one of the largest structures observed in the Milky Way in both the radio and soft x-rays. While several predictions have been made regarding the origin of the NPS, modelling the structure is difficult without precise distance constraints. In this paper, we determine accurate distances to the southern terminus of the NPS and toward latitudes ranging up to 55$^{\circ}$. First, we fit for the distance and extinction to stars toward the NPS using optical and near-infrared photometry and Gaia DR2 astrometry. We model these per-star distance-extinction estimates as being caused by dust screens at unknown distances, which we fit for using a nested sampling algorithm. We then compare the extinction to the Spur derived from our 3D dust modelling with integrated independent measures from XMM-Newton X-ray absorption and HI column density measures. We find that we can account for nearly 100% of the total column density of the NPS as lying within 140 pc for latitudes $>26^{\circ}$ and within 700 pc for latitudes $< 11^{\circ}$. Based on the results, we conclude that the NPS is not associated with the Galactic Centre or the Fermi bubbles. Instead, it is likely associated, especially at higher latitudes, with the Sco-Cen association.

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