Kinematic structure of the Galactic Center S cluster Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Ali B.
  2. Paul D.
  3. Eckart A.
  4. Parsa M.
  5. Zajacek M.
  6. Peissker F.,Subroweit M.
  7. M. Valencia-S
  8. Thomkins L.
  9. Witzel G.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a detailed analysis of the kinematics of 112 stars that mostly comprise the high-velocity S cluster and orbit the supermassive black hole Sgr A* at the center of the Milky Way. For 39 of them, orbital elements are known; for the remainder, we know proper motions. The distribution of the inclinations and the proper motion flight directions deviate significantly from a uniform distribution, which one expects if the orientation of the orbits are random. Across the central arcseconds, the S-cluster stars are arranged in two almost edge-on disks that are located at a position angle approximately +/-45{deg} with respect to the Galactic plane. The angular momentum vectors for stars in each disk point in both directions, i.e., the stars in a given disk rotate in opposite ways. The poles of this structure are located only about 25{deg} from the line of sight. This structure may be the result of a resonance process that started with the formation of the young B-dwarf stars in the cluster about 6Myr ago. Alternatively, it indicated the presence of a disturber at a distance from the center comparable to the distance of the compact stellar association IRS 13.

Keywords
  1. galactic-center
  2. infrared-sources
  3. stellar-associations
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2020ApJ...896..100A
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.18960100

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2021-11-29T09:26:02Z
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