2007ApJ...665L..31S


Query : 2007ApJ...665L..31S

2007ApJ...665L..31S - Astrophys. J., 665, L31-L34 (2007/August-2)

Evidence of a metal-rich Galactic Bar from the vertex deviation of the velocity ellipsoid.

SOTO M., RICH R.M. and KUIJKEN K.

Abstract (from CDS):

We combine radial velocities, proper motions, and low-resolution abundances for a sample of 315 K and M giants in the Baade's window (l, b) = (0.9°, -4°) Galactic bulge field. The velocity ellipsoid of stars with [Fe/H]>-0.5 dex shows a vertex deviation in the plot of radial versus transverse velocity, consistent with that expected from a population with orbits supporting a bar. We demonstrate that the significance of this vertex deviation, using nonparametric rank correlation statistic, is >99%. The velocity ellipsoid for the metal-poor ([FeH]←0.5) part of the population shows no vertex deviation and is consistent with an isotropic, oblate rotating population. We find no evidence of kinematic subgroups, but there is a mild tendency for the vertical velocity dispersion σb to decrease with increasing metallicity.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: Abundances - Galaxy: Bulge - Galaxy: Kinematics and Dynamics

Simbad objects: 5

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Number of rows : 5
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 M 31 AGN 00 42 44.330 +41 16 07.50 4.86 4.36 3.44     ~ 13622 1
2 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
3 NAME Baade Window reg 18 03.5 -30 01           ~ 643 3
4 NAME Galactic Bar reg ~ ~           ~ 1458 0
5 NAME Galactic Bulge reg ~ ~           ~ 4794 0

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