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Article

Oort Constants and Local Stellar Kinematics from GCNS

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School of Physical Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 80 Nandan Rd., Shanghai 200030, China
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School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Universe 2023, 9(6), 252; https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060252
Submission received: 24 April 2023 / Revised: 14 May 2023 / Accepted: 23 May 2023 / Published: 25 May 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Solar and Stellar Physics)

Abstract

Oort constants and local kinematics are vital parameters with which to study the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way. When GCNS was published, it provided a clean sample of stars in the solar vicinity, which gives us an ideal tool with which to determine these parameters. Our aim was to calculate the reliable Oort constants with GCNS. We determined the Oort constants using the GCNS from Gaia EDR3 with d<100pc. The proper motions and radial velocities were fitted with a maximum likelihood model. The uncertainties were obtained with an MCMC method. The sample was carefully selected to obtain a reliable result. The result yields the Oort constants A=15.6±1.6kms1kpc1, B=15.8±1.7kms1kpc1, C=3.5±1.6kms1kpc1, and K=2.7±1.5kms1kpc1. The non-zero C and K imply that the local disc is in a non-asymmetric potential. With the Oort constants, we derived the local angular velocity Ω0AB=31.4±2.3kms1kpc1. The solar motion (U, V, W) was calculated as (10.1±0.1, 22.8±0.1, 7.8±0.1) kms1.
Keywords: galaxy; disk-galaxy; fundamental parameters-galaxy; kinematics-galaxy; solar neighborhood structure galaxy; disk-galaxy; fundamental parameters-galaxy; kinematics-galaxy; solar neighborhood structure

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Guo, S.; Qi, Z. Oort Constants and Local Stellar Kinematics from GCNS. Universe 2023, 9, 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060252

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Guo S, Qi Z. Oort Constants and Local Stellar Kinematics from GCNS. Universe. 2023; 9(6):252. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060252

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Guo, Sufen, and Zhaoxiang Qi. 2023. "Oort Constants and Local Stellar Kinematics from GCNS" Universe 9, no. 6: 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060252

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Guo, S., & Qi, Z. (2023). Oort Constants and Local Stellar Kinematics from GCNS. Universe, 9(6), 252. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060252

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