Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars

Màster Oficial d'Astrofísica, Física de Partícules i Cosmologia, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2021-2022. Tutora: Maria Monguió Montells

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Autor: Ardèvol Guillamón, Judith
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/202231
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202231
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Via Làctia
Evolució de les galàxies
Estels
Treballs de fi de màster
Milky Way
Galaxies evolution
Stars
Master's thesis
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spelling Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars Ardèvol Guillamón, Judith Via Làctia Evolució de les galàxies Estels Treballs de fi de màster Milky Way Galaxies evolution Stars Master's thesis Màster Oficial d'Astrofísica, Física de Partícules i Cosmologia, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2021-2022. Tutora: Maria Monguió Montells In the context of the Gaia era, the analysis of the structure and the kinematics of the Milky Way is an ongoing active field of research. Despite A-type stars have a relatively high intrinsic brightness and are moderately numerous as well as kinetically cold, they have been scarcely used as tracers of Galactic properties. This work opens a new window by studying a sample of A-type stars selected using the IGAPS photometric survey. It covers the Galactic plane within 30 ° ≤ l ≤ 215 ° and |b| ≤ 5 ° up to magnitude r ≤ 19 mag with around 3.5 million sources. Gaia EDR3 astrometry and proper motions, together with Gaia DR3 line-of-sight velocities, are used to analyse large-scale features of the Galactic disc. This sample allows to unveil structure and kinematic properties of the Milky Way disc at inter-mediate stellar ages. This includes a study of the obtained density distributions completeness, and a comparison between the b < 0° and b > 0° regions. Furthermore, the sample shows clear evidences of the Galactic warp in its vertical kinematics. Possible biases caused by interstellar extinction or by the usage of some kinematic estimators are examined to verify the results. The last goal of this study is to demonstrate the high potential of A-type stars as Galactic-scale tracers. They can be used to fill the age gap between the youngest OB stars and the old red giants, allowing to expand our knowledge about the evolution of the Galaxy. https://hdl.handle.net/2445/202231
title Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
spellingShingle Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
Ardèvol Guillamón, Judith
Via Làctia
Evolució de les galàxies
Estels
Treballs de fi de màster
Milky Way
Galaxies evolution
Stars
Master's thesis
title_short Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
title_full Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
title_fullStr Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
title_full_unstemmed Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
title_sort Structure and Kinematics of the Milky Way through A stars
author Ardèvol Guillamón, Judith
author_facet Ardèvol Guillamón, Judith
author_role author
topic Via Làctia
Evolució de les galàxies
Estels
Treballs de fi de màster
Milky Way
Galaxies evolution
Stars
Master's thesis
topic_facet Via Làctia
Evolució de les galàxies
Estels
Treballs de fi de màster
Milky Way
Galaxies evolution
Stars
Master's thesis
description Màster Oficial d'Astrofísica, Física de Partícules i Cosmologia, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2021-2022. Tutora: Maria Monguió Montells
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