Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-07-08
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20041393
We used 1627 faint (15.5< R<23) stars in five fields of the Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey (CADIS) to estimate the structure parameters of the Galaxy. The results were derived by applying two complementary methods: first by fitting the density distribution function to the measured density of stars perpendicular to the Galactic plane, and second by modelling the observed colors and apparent magnitudes of the stars in the field, using Monte Carlo simulations. The best-fitting model of the Galaxy is then determined by minimising the C-statistic, a modified chisquared. Our model includes a double exponential for the stellar disk with scaleheights h_1 and h_2 and a power law halo with exponent alpha. 24480 different parameter combinations have been simulated. Both methods yield consistent results: the best fitting parameter combination is alpha=3.0 (or alpha=2.5, if we allow for a flattening of the halo with an axial ratio of (c/a)=0.6), h_1=300 pc, h_2=900 pc, and the contribution of thick disk stars to the disk stars in the solar neighbourhood is found to be between 4 and 10%.
Drepper S.
Fuchs Bernard
Meisenheimer Klaus
Phleps Stefanie
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