From ridges to manifolds: 3D characterization of the moving groups in the Milky Way disc

[Context] The details of the effect of the bar and spiral arms on the disc dynamics of the Milky Way are still unknown. The stellar velocity distribution in the solar neighbourhood displays kinematic substructures, which are possibly signatures of these processes and of previous accretion events. Wi...

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Autores: Bernet, Marcel, Ramos, Pau, Antoja, Teresa, Famaey, Benoit, Monari, Giacomo, Al-Kazwini, H., Romero-Gómez, Mercè
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/296784
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/296784
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Galaxy: disk
Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics
Galaxy: structure
Galaxy: evolution
Methods: data analysis
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Sumario:[Context] The details of the effect of the bar and spiral arms on the disc dynamics of the Milky Way are still unknown. The stellar velocity distribution in the solar neighbourhood displays kinematic substructures, which are possibly signatures of these processes and of previous accretion events. With the Gaia mission, more details of these signatures, such as ridges in the Vϕ − R plane and thin arches in the Vϕ − VR plane, have been revealed. The positions of these kinematic substructures, or moving groups, can be thought of as continuous manifolds in the 6D phase space, and the ridges and arches as specific projections of these manifolds.