Thick disk kinematics from data on red clump giants at the north galactic pole |
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Authors: | S P Rybka A I Yatsenko |
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Institution: | 1.Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,Kiev,Ukraine |
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Abstract: | The distribution of radial (U) and rotational (V) velocities of red clump giants was studied as a function of their heights above the galactic plane. The stars of this type
were selected from the compiled catalogue of stellar proper motions and infrared photometry at the north galactic pole with
the use of the diagram “color-reduced proper motion.” According to the data on 1800 red clump giants located at heights from
1 to 3 kpc (mostly thick disk stars), mean kinematic parameters of the thick disk were determined: U
0 = −18 ± 2 km/s, V
0 = −56 ± 1 km/s, σ
U
= 72 ± 2 km/s, and σ
V
= 58 ± 1 km/s. The velocity of asymmetric drift V
0 and velocity variances σ
U
, σ
V
are shown to depend on heights above the galactic plane. |
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