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Mapping the Galactic Disk with the LAMOST and Gaia Red Clump Sample. III. A New Velocity Substructure and Time Stamps of the Galactic Disk Asymmetry in the Disk between 12 and 15 kpc

  • Authors: Hai-Feng Wang, Jeffrey L. Carlin, Y. Huang, Martíin López-Corredoira, B.-Q. Chen, C. Wang, J. Chang, H.-W. Zhang, M.-S. Xiang, H.-B. Yuan, W.-X. Sun, X.-Y. Li, Y. Yang, and L.-C. Deng

2019 The Astrophysical Journal 884 135.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 3.

Radial asymmetrical structures in the R, Z plane of LAMOST-Gaia stars in different age populations. Bins in each panel are color-coded as the median radial velocity VR, with the panels showing different age bins as labeled. The red/blue difference between above-the-plane and below-the-plane represents the asymmetry in radial velocity. The panels showing ages between 2 and 8 Gyr have clear North/South asymmetries in VR, and these are still apparent at ages of 10–14 Gyr. Each pixel plotted in this figure has at least five stars and the total number is shown in each panel.

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