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Nearly 30,000 Late-Type Main-Sequence Stars with Stellar Age from LAMOST DR5
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  • Jiajun Zhang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Terry D. Oswalt, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Jingkun Zhao, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Xilong Liang, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Xianhao Ye, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Gang Zhao, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Physical Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
11-26-2020
Abstract/Description

We construct a sample of nearly 30,000 main-sequence stars with 4500K < Teff < 5000K and stellar ages estimated by the chromospheric activity−age relation. This sample is used to determine the age distribution in the R − Z plane of the Galaxy, where R is the projected Galactocentric distance in the disk midplane and Z is the height above the disk midplane. As |Z| increases, the percentage of old stars becomes larger. It is known that scale-height of Galactic disk increases as R increases, which is called flare. A mild flare from R ∼ 8.0 to 9.0 kpc in stellar age distribution is found. We also find that the velocity dispersion increases with age as confirmed by previous studies. Finally we present spiral-shaped structures in Z − υZ phase space in three stellar age bins. The spiral is clearly seen in the age bin of [0, 1] Gyr, which suggests that a vertical perturbation to the disk probably took place within the last ∼ 1.0 Gyr.

Citation Information
Jiajun Zhang, Terry D. Oswalt, Jingkun Zhao, Xilong Liang, et al.. "Nearly 30,000 Late-Type Main-Sequence Stars with Stellar Age from LAMOST DR5" (2020) p. 1 - 9
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/terry_d_oswalt/82/