Stellar density map of the Milky Way Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. de Jong J.T.A.
  2. Yanny B.
  3. Rix H.-W.
  4. Dolphin A.E.
  5. Martin N.F.
  6. Beers T.C.
  7. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We map the stellar structure of the Galactic thick disk and halo by applying color-magnitude diagram (CMD) fitting to photometric data from the Sloan Extension for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (SEGUE) survey. The SEGUE imaging scans allow, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Milky Way structure at both high and low latitudes using uniform Sloan Digital Sky Survey photometry. Incorporating photometry of all relevant stars simultaneously, CMD fitting bypasses the need to choose single tracer populations. Using old stellar populations of differing metallicities as templates, we obtain a sparse three-dimensional map of the stellar mass distribution at |Z|>1kpc. Fitting a smooth Milky Way model comprising exponential thin and thick disks and an axisymmetric power-law halo allows us to constrain the structural parameters of the thick disk and halo. The thick-disk scale height and length are well constrained at 0.75+/-0.07kpc and 4.1+/-0.4kpc, respectively.

Keywords
  1. milky-way-galaxy
  2. halo-stars
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2010ApJ...714..663D
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ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/714/663
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.17140663

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History

2012-05-21T11:26:01Z
Resource record created
2012-05-21T11:26:01Z
Created
2012-06-10T13:15:54Z
Updated

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