Local kinematics and the local standard of rest
Local kinematics and the local standard of rest
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16253.x
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发表时间:
2009-12
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
R. Schönrich;J. Binney;W. Dehnen
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作者:
R. Schönrich;J. Binney;W. Dehnen
We re-examine the stellar kinematics of the solar neighbourhood in terms of the velocity υ� of the Sun with respect to the local standard of rest. We show that the classical determination of its component Vin the direction of Galactic rotation via Str¨ omberg's relation is undermined by the metallicity gradient in the disc, which introduces a correlation between the colour of a group of stars and the radial gradients of its properties. Comparing the local stellar kinematics to a chemodynamical model which accounts for these effects, we obtain (U, V, W)� = (11.1 +0.69 −0.75 , 12.24 +0.47 −0.47 ,7 .25 +0.37 −0.36 )k m s −1 , with additional systematic uncertainties ∼(1, 2, 0.5) km s −1 . In particular, Vis 7 km s −1 larger than previously estimated. The new values of (U, V, W)� are extremely insensitive to the metallicity gradient within the disc.