Spiral arms Gaia EDR3 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Poggio E.
  2. Drimmel R.
  3. Cantat-Gaudin T.
  4. Ramos P.
  5. Ripepi V.
  6. Zari E.,Andrae R.
  7. Blomme R.
  8. Chemin L.
  9. Clementini G.
  10. Figueras F.
  11. Fouesneau M.,Fremat Y.
  12. Lobel A.
  13. Marshall D.J.
  14. Muraveva T.
  15. Romero-Gomez M.
  16. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Using the astrometry and integrated photometry from the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (EDR3), we map the density variations in the distribution of young Upper Main Sequence (UMS) stars, open clusters and classical Cepheids in the Galactic disk within several kiloparsecs of the Sun. Maps of relative over/under-dense regions for UMS stars in the Galactic disk are derived, using both bivariate kernel density estimators and wavelet transformations. The resulting overdensity maps exhibit large-scale arches, that extend in a clumpy but coherent way over the entire sampled volume, indicating the location of the spiral arms segments in the vicinity of the Sun. Peaks in the UMS overdensity are well-matched by the distribution of young and intrinsically bright open clusters. By applying a wavelet transformation to a sample of classical Cepheids, we find that their overdensities possibly extend the spiral arm segments on a larger scale (~10kpc from the Sun). While the resulting map based on the UMS sample is generally consistent with previous models of the Sagittarius-Carina spiral arm, the geometry of the arms in the III quadrant (galactic longitudes 180{deg}<l<270{deg}) differs significantly from many previous models. In particular we find that our maps favour a larger pitch angle for the Perseus arm, and that the Local Arm extends into the III quadrant at least 4kpc past the Sun's position, giving it a total length of at least 8kpc.

Keywords
  1. milky-way-galaxy
  2. open-star-clusters
  3. proper-motions
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. trigonometric-parallax
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2021A&A...651A.104P
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/651/A104
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36510104

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History

2021-07-28T07:12:43Z
Resource record created
2021-07-28T07:12:43Z
Created
2023-02-04T18:08:02Z
Updated

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