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We estimated 34 sets of Galactic model parameters for three intermediate latitude fields with Galactic longitudes l=60, l=90, and l=180, and we discussed their dependence on the volume. Also, we confirmed the variation of these parameters…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Karaali , S. Bilir , E. Yaz , E. Hamzaoglu , R. Buser

We present the Galactic model parameters for thin disc estimated by Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data of 14 940 stars with apparent magnitudes $16<g_{o}\leq21$ in six intermediate latitude fields in the first Galactic quadrant.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Bilir , S. Karaali , S. Ak , E. Yaz , E. Hamzaoglu

Based on SDSS and South Galactic Cap of u-band Sky Survey (SCUSS) early data, we use star counts method to estimate the Galactic structure parameters in an intermediate latitude with 10,180 main-sequence (MS) stars in absolute magnitude…

We estimate the density laws of the Galactic stellar populations as a function of absolute magnitude in a near-polar Galactic field. The density laws are determined by the direct fit to photometric parallaxes from Vega photometry in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Bilir , S. Karaali , G. Gilmore

We estimated the Galactic model parameters for a set of 36 high-latitude fields included in the currently available Data Release 5 (DR 5) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ({\em SDSS}), to explore their possible variation with the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Bilir , A. Cabrera-Lavers , S. Karaali , S. Ak , E. Yaz , López-Corredoira

We estimated the Galactic model parameters from the SDSS data reduced for two fields in the anti-centre direction of the Galaxy, $l= 180^{o}$, and symmetric relative to the Galactic plane, $b=+45^{o}$ and $b=-45^{o}$. The large size of each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Ak , S. Bilir , S. Karaali , R. Buser

In this paper, we try to find any dependence of the Galactic structural parameters with the Galactic longitude for either the thin disc or the thick disc of the Milky Way, that would indicate to possible inhomogeneities or asymmetries in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Cabrera-Lavers , S. Bilir , S. Ak , E. Yaz , M. Lopez-Corredoira

We estimated the galactic model parameters for a set of 20 intermediate-latitude fields with galactic longitudes 0<l<100 and 160<l<240, included in the currently available Data Release 6 (DR6) of SDSS, to explore their possible variation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 E. Yaz , S. Karaali

We present an analysis of the photometric parallaxes of stars in 21 BATC fields carried out with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAOC) 60/90 cm Schmidt Telescope in 15 intermediate-band filters from 3000 to 10000 {\AA}. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Cuihua Du , Jun Ma , Zhenyu Wu , Xu Zhou

We analyse a sample of over 1000 stars from 32 fields imaged in the V and I bands with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera, on board of the Hubble Space Telescope. The fields are located at Galactic latitudes | b | >= 15deg and in various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. O. Kerber , S. C. Javiel , B. X. Santiago

We used 1627 faint (15.5< R<23) stars in five fields of the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS) to estimate the structure parameters of the Galaxy. The results were derived by applying two complementary methods: first by fitting the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Phleps , S. Drepper , K. Meisenheimer , B. Fuchs

We reduced the observational logarithmic space densities in the vertical direction up to 8 kpc from the galactic plane, for stars with absolute magnitudes (5,6], (6,7] and [5,10] in the fields $#$0952+5245 and SA114, to a single exponential…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 S. Karaali , E. Hamzaoglu , S. Bilir

We present a maximum-likelihood analysis of galaxy-galaxy lensing effects in galaxy clusters and in the field. The aim is to determine the accuracy and robustness of constraints that can be obtained on galaxy halo properties in both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marceau Limousin , Jean Paul Kneib , Priyamvada Natarajan

Photometric data from the Xuyi Schmidt Telescope Photometric Survey of the Galactic Anticentre (XSTPS-GAC) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) are used to derive the global structure parameters of the smooth components of the Milky Way.…

In an effort to more precisely define the spatial distribution of Galactic field stars, we present an analysis of the photometric parallaxes of 70,000 stars covering nearly 15 square degrees in seven Kapteyn Selected Areas. We address the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. H. Siegel , S. R. Majewski , I. N. Reid , I. B. Thompson

We parametrized the total structure of the Galaxy in cylindrical coordinates by radial and vertical exponentials up to z=10 kpc, covering thin disc, thick disc, and the inner spheroid. However, we let the scaleheight and scalelength to be a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Karaali

The rotation curve, the total mass and the gravitational potential of the Galaxy are sensitive measurements of the dark matter halo profile. In this publication cuspy and cored DM halo profiles are analysed with respect to recent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 Markus Weber , Wim de Boer

Properties of galaxies like their absolute magnitude and their stellar mass content are correlated. These correlations are tighter for close pairs of galaxies, which is called galactic conformity. In hierarchical structure formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-25 Martin Kerscher

The Ks band differential star count of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) is used to derive the global structure parameters of the smooth components of the Milky Way. To avoid complication introduced by other fine structures and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Chan-Kao Chang , Chung-Ming Ko , Ting-Hung Peng

We interpret published CCD UBVI data to deduce the stellar density distribution and metallicity distribution function in the region from 2-8 kpc from the Galactic Plane, and compare our results to several star count models. A feature of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Karaali , S. G. Ak , S. Bilir , Y. Karatas , G. Gilmore
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