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The bar and spiral arms in the Milky Way: structure and kinematics
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-01 , DOI: 10.1088/1674-4527/20/10/159
Juntai Shen 1, 2 , Xing-Wu Zheng 3
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The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with the Schechter characteristic luminosity L∗, thus an important anchor point of the Hubble sequence of all spiral galaxies. Yet the true appearance of the Milky Way has remained elusive for centuries. We review the current best understanding of the structure and kinematics of our home galaxy, and present an updated scientifically accurate visualization of the Milky Way structure with almost all components of the spiral arms, along with the COBE image in the solar perspective. The Milky Way contains a strong bar, four major spiral arms, and an additional arm segment (the Local arm) that may be longer than previously thought. The Galactic boxy bulge that we observe is mostly the peanut-shaped central bar viewed nearly end-on with a bar angle of ∼ 25 − 30◦ from the Sun-Galactic center line. The bar transitions smoothly from a central peanut-shaped structure to an extended thin part that ends around R ∼ 5 kpc. The Galactic bulge/bar contains∼ 30−40% of the total stellar mass in the Galaxy. Dynamical modelling of both the stellar and gas kinematics yields a bar pattern rotation speed of ∼ 35 − 40 km s−1kpc−1, corresponding to a bar rotation period of ∼ 160 − 180 Myr. From a galaxy formation point of view, our Milky Way is probably a pure-disk galaxy with little room for a significant merger-made, “classical” spheroidal bulge, and we give a number of reasons why this is the case.

中文翻译:

银河系中的棒和旋臂:结构和运动学

银河系是一个螺旋星系,具有谢克特特征光度L*,因此是所有螺旋星系哈勃序列的重要锚点。然而,几个世纪以来,银河系的真实面貌一直难以捉摸。我们回顾了当前对我们家庭星系结构和运动学的最佳理解,并展示了银河系结构的最新科学准确可视化,几乎所有旋臂组件,以及太阳视角的 COBE 图像。银河系包含一个强大的棒、四个主要的旋臂和一个额外的臂段(本地臂),它可能比以前想象的要长。我们观察到的银河系四四方方的凸起主要是花生形的中心棒,从太阳-银河中心线的棒角几乎为 25 - 30°。杆从中央花生形结构平滑过渡到延伸的薄部分,在 R ~ 5 kpc 附近结束。银河凸起/棒包含银河系总恒星质量的 30-40%。恒星和气体运动学的动力学建模产生~35 - 40 km s-1kpc-1 的条形图案旋转速度,对应于~ 160 - 180 Myr 的条形旋转周期。从星系形成的角度来看,我们的银河系可能是一个纯盘状星系,几乎没有空间容纳重大的合并形成的“经典”球体凸起,我们给出了许多原因。恒星和气体运动学的动力学建模产生~35 - 40 km s-1kpc-1 的条形图案旋转速度,对应于~ 160 - 180 Myr 的条形旋转周期。从星系形成的角度来看,我们的银河系可能是一个纯盘状星系,几乎没有空间容纳重大的合并形成的“经典”球体凸起,我们给出了许多原因。恒星和气体运动学的动力学建模产生~35 - 40 km s-1kpc-1 的条形图案旋转速度,对应于~ 160 - 180 Myr 的条形旋转周期。从星系形成的角度来看,我们的银河系可能是一个纯盘状星系,几乎没有空间容纳重大的合并形成的“经典”球体凸起,我们给出了许多原因。
更新日期:2020-10-01
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