Analysis of the Z distribution of young objects in the Galactic thin disk |
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| Authors: | V V Bobylev A T Bajkova |
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| Institution: | 1. Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoe sh. 65, St. Petersburg, 196140, Russia
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| Abstract: | We have obtained new estimates of the Sun’s distance from the symmetry plane Z ⊙ and the vertical disk scale height h using currently available data on stellar OB associations, Wolf–Rayet stars, HII regions, and Cepheids. Based on individual determinations, we have calculated the mean Z ⊙ = ?16 ± 2 pc. Based on the model of a self-gravitating isothermal disk for the density distribution, we have found the following vertical disk scale heights: h = 40.2 ± 2.1 pc from OB associations, h = 47.8 ± 3.9 pc from Wolf–Rayet stars, h = 48.4 ± 2.5 pc from HII regions, and h = 66.2 ± 1.6 pc from Cepheids. We have estimated the surface, Σ = 6 kpc?2, and volume, D(Z ⊙) = 50.6 kpc?3, densities from a sample of OB associations. We have found that there could be ～5000 OB associations in the Galaxy. |
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