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The stellar kinematics in the solar neighborhood from LAMOST data

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2017-12-06 v1

Abstract

We use about 200,000 FGK type main-sequence stars from the LAMOST DR1 data to map the local stellar kinematics. With the velocity de-projection technique, we are able to derive the averaged 3 dimensional velocity and velocity ellipsoids using only the line-of-sight velocity for the stars with various effective temperatures within 100<z<500100 < |z| < 500 pc. Using the mean velocities of the cool stars, we derive the solar motion of (U ⁣U_{\!\odot}, V ⁣V_{\!\odot}, W ⁣W_{\!\odot})=(9.58±2.39\pm2.39, 10.52±1.96\pm1.96, 7.01±1.67\pm1.67)kms1km\,s^{-1} with respect to the local standard of rest. Moreover, we find that the stars with Teff>6000{T}_{\rm eff}>6000K show a net asymmetric motion of 3kms1\sim3 km\,s^{-1} in W\langle W\rangle compared to the stars with Teff<6000{T}_{\rm eff}<6000K. And their azimuthal velocity increases when z|z| increases. This peculiar motion in the warmer stars is likely because they are young and not completely relaxed, although other reasons, such as the resonance induced by the central rotating bar or the spiral structures, and the perturbation of the merging dwarf galaxies, can not be ruled out. The derived velocity dispersions and cross terms for the data are approximately consistent with previous studies. We also find that the vertical gradients of σU\sigma_{U} and σV\sigma_V are larger than that of σW\sigma_W . And the vertical gradient of σU\sigma_U shows clear correlation with Teff{T}_{\rm eff}, while the other two do not. Finally, our sample shows vertex deviation of about 11^\circ, at 300<z<500300 < |z| < 500pc, but roughly zero at 100<z<300100 < |z| < 300pc.

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@article{arxiv.1507.05624,
  title  = {The stellar kinematics in the solar neighborhood from LAMOST data},
  author = {Hai-Jun Tian and Chao Liu and Jeffrey L. Carlin and Yong-Heng Zhao and Xue-Lei Chen and Yue Wu and Guang-Wei Li and Yong-Hui Hou and Yong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.05624},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

17 pages, 13 figures, 8 tables, accepted by ApJ