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Stellar Motion around Spiral Arms: Gaia Mock Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2015

D. Kawata ,
J.A.S. Hunt ,
R.J.J. Grand ,
A. Siebert ,
S. Pasetto  and
M. Cropper
D. Kawata
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
J.A.S. Hunt
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
R.J.J. Grand
Affiliation:
Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Astronomisches Recheninstitut, Mönchhofstr. 12-14, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
A. Siebert
Affiliation:
Observatoire Astronomique, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 11 rue de l'université, 67000 Strasbourg, France
S. Pasetto
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
M. Cropper
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
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Abstract

We compare the stellar motion around a spiral arm created in two different scenarios, transient/co-rotating spiral arms and density-wave-like spiral arms. We generate Gaia mock data from snapshots of the simulations following these two scenarios using our stellar population code, SNAPDRAGONS, which takes into account dust extinction and the expected Gaia errors. We compare the observed rotation velocity around a spiral arm similar in position to the Perseus arm, and find that there is a clear difference in the velocity features around the spiral arm between the co-rotating spiral arm and the density-wave-like spiral arm. Our result demonstrates that the volume and accuracy of the Gaia data are sufficient to clearly distinguish these two scenarios of the spiral arms.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 68: The Milky Way Unravelled by Gaia: GREAT Science from the Gaia Data Releases , 2014 , pp. 247 - 250
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2015

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