A2A catalog of 21000 bulge stars from ARGOS survey Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Wylie S.M.
  2. Gerhard O.E.
  3. Ness M.K.
  4. Clarke J.P.
  5. Freeman K.C.,Bland-Hawthorn J.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Aims. Spectroscopic surveys have by now collectively observed tens of thousands of stars in the bulge of our Galaxy. However, each of these surveys had unique observing and data processing strategies that led to distinct stellar parameter and abundance scales. Because of this, stellar samples from different surveys cannot be directly combined. Methods. Here we use the data-driven method, The Cannon, to bring 21000 stars from theARGOS bulge survey, including 10000 red clump stars, onto the parameter and abundance scales of the cross-Galactic survey,APOGEE, obtaining rms precisions of 0.10dex, 0.07dex, 74K, and 0.18dex for [Fe/H], [Mg/Fe], T_eff_, and log(g), respectively. The re-calibratedARGOS survey - which we refer to as the A2A survey - is combined with theAPOGEE survey to investigate the abundance structure of the Galactic bulge. Results. We find X-shaped [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] distributions in the bulge that are more pinched than the bulge density, a signature of its disk origin. The mean abundance along the major axis of the bar varies such that the stars are more [Fe/H]-poor and [Mg/Fe]-rich near the Galactic centre than in the outer bulge and the long bar region. The vertical [Fe/H] and [Mg/Fe] gradients vary between the inner bulge and the long bar, with the inner bulge showing a flattening near the plane that is absent in the long bar. The [Fe/H] - [Mg/Fe] distribution shows two main maxima, an '[Fe/H]-poor [Mg/Fe]- rich' maximum and an '[Fe/H]-rich [Mg/Fe]-poor' maximum, that vary in strength with position in the bulge. In particular, the outer long bar close to the Galactic plane is dominated by super-solar [Fe/H], [Mg/Fe]-normal stars. Stars composing the [Fe/H]-rich maximum show little kinematic dependence on [Fe/H], but for lower [Fe/H] the rotation and dispersion of the bulge increase slowly. Stars with [Fe/H]<-1dex have a very different kinematic structure than stars with higher [Fe/H]. Conclusions. Comparing with recent models for the Galactic boxy-peanut bulge, the abundance gradients and distribution, and the relation between [Fe/H] and kinematics suggests that the stars comprising each maximum have separate disk origins with the '[Fe/H]-poor [Mg/Fe]-rich' stars originating from a thicker disk than the '[Fe/H]-rich [Mg/Fe]-poor' stars.

Keywords
  1. giant-stars
  2. spectroscopy
  3. radial-velocity
  4. chemical-abundances
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2021A&A...653A.143W
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2024-05-15T14:31:34Z
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