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Milky Way星晕总体的运动学性质

The Kinematic Properties of Milky Way Stellar Halo Populations

James M. M. Lane, Jo Bovy, J. Ted Mackereth

摘要:

在$Gaia$时代,恒星运动学被广泛地用于研究星系晕星星族,寻找晕结构,以及描述晕和热盘族之间的界面。我们使用基于分布函数的模型的现代数据集与6D相空间数据来定性地描述各种常用的星系晕的研究中的运动学空间。此外,我们定量评估如何以及每个运动空间可以分离径向各向异性的各向同性晕人口。我们发现,缩放的动作空间(“动作菱形”)是优于其他常用的运动空间在这项任务。我们提出了一个新的,易于实施的径向各向异性$Gaia$ -土卫二合并残余的成员的选择标准。假设$Gaia$ -土卫二恒星与各向同性晕的比例为1:1,我们发现我们的选择在我们的模型中实现了82%的样品纯度,相对于各向同性晕的污染。我们将此标准与文献标准进行比较,发现它在所得样品中产生最高纯度,但完整性略有降低。我们还表明,几乎所有当代光谱数据集的基础上的选择偏差可以显着影响的$E-L_{z}$分布的样品的方式,可能会混淆为真正的子结构。最后,我们提供建议,作者应该如何使用恒星运动学在未来研究银河系恒星晕。

英文摘要:

In the $Gaia$ era stellar kinematics are extensively used to study Galactic halo stellar populations, to search for halo structures, and to characterize the interface between the halo and hot disc populations. We use distribution function-based models of modern datasets with 6D phase space data to qualitatively describe a variety of kinematic spaces commonly used in the study of the Galactic halo. Furthermore, we quantitatively assess how well each kinematic space can separate radially anisotropic from isotropic halo populations. We find that scaled action space (the ``action diamond'') is superior to other commonly used kinematic spaces at this task. We present a new, easy to implement selection criterion for members of the radially-anisotropic $Gaia$-Enceladus merger remnant. Assuming a 1:1 ratio of $Gaia$-Enceladus stars to more isotropic halo, we find our selection achieves a sample purity of 82 per cent in our models with respect to contamination from the more isotropic halo. We compare this criterion to literature criteria, finding that it produces the highest purity in the resulting samples, at the expense of a modest reduction in completeness. We also show that selection biases that underlie nearly all contemporary spectroscopic datasets can noticeably impact the $E-L_{z}$ distribution of samples in a manner that may be confused for real substructure. We conclude by providing recommendations for how authors should use stellar kinematics in the future to study the Galactic stellar halo.

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