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1999MNRAS.304..512E - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 304, 512-534 (1999/April-2)
Gas dynamics and large-scale morphology of the Milky Way galaxy.
ENGLMAIER P. and GERHARD O.
Abstract (from CDS):
Our best model provides a coherent interpretation of many observed gas dynamical features. Its four-armed spiral structure outside corotation reproduces quantitatively the directions to the five main spiral arm tangents at |l|≤60 observed in a variety of tracers. The 3-kpc arm is identified with one of the model arms emanating from the ends of the bar, extending into the corotation region. The model features an inner gas disc with a cusped orbit shock transition to an x2 orbit disc of radius R∼150 pc.
The corotation radius of the bar is fairly well constrained at Rc≃3.5±0.5 kpc. The best value for the orientation angle of the bar is probably 20–25, but the uncertainty is large since no detailed quantitative fit to all features in the observed (l,v) diagrams is yet possible. The Galactic terminal velocity curve from HI and CO observations out to l≃±45 (∼5 kpc) is approximately described by a maximal disc model with constant mass-to-light ratio for the near-infrared bulge and disc.
Abstract Copyright: 1999, Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s): hydrodynamics - ISM: kinematics and dynamics - Galaxy: centre - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics - Galaxy: structure - galaxies: spiral
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