Galactic rotation curve from the space velocities of selected masers |
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| Authors: | A S Stepanishchev V V Bobylev |
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| Institution: | 1.Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory,Russian Academy of Sciences,St. Petersburg,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Based on currently available observations of 28 maser sources in 25 star-forming regions with measured trigonometric parallaxes,
proper motions, and radial velocities, we have constructed the rotation curve of the Galaxy. Taking different distances to
the Galactic center R
0, we have estimated the peculiar velocity of the Sun, the angular velocity of Galactic rotation, and its three derivatives.
For R
0 = 8 kpc, we have found the circular velocity of the Sun to be V
0 = 243 ± 16 km s−1, which corresponds to a revolution period of 202 ± 10 Myr. We have obtained the Oort constants A = 16.9 ± 1.2 km s−1 kpc−1 and B = −13.5 ± 1.4 km s−1 kpc−1. Our simulation of the influence of a spiral density wave has shown that the peculiar velocity of the Sun with respect to
the local standard of rest and the component (V
⊙)LSR depend significantly on the Sun’s phase in the spiral wave. |
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