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1999ApJ...524L..35D - Astrophys. J., 524, L35-L38 (1999/October-2)

The pattern speed of the galactic bar.

DEHNEN W.

Abstract (from CDS):

Most late-type stars in the solar neighborhood have velocities similar to the local standard of rest (LSR), but there is a clearly separated secondary component corresponding to a slower rotation and a mean outward motion. Detailed simulations of the response of a stellar disk to a central bar show that such a bimodality is expected from outer Lindblad resonant scattering. When constraining the run of the rotation curve by the proper motion of Sagittarius A* and the terminal gas velocities, the value observed for the rotation velocity separating the two components results in a value of 53±3 km.s–1.kpc–1 for the pattern speed of the bar, only weakly dependent on the precise values for R0 and bar angle φ.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxy: Kinematics and Dynamics - Galaxy: Structure - Galaxy: Solar Neighborhood

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