Exploring the Local Milky Way: M Dwarfs as Tracers of Galactic Populations

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2007-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/0708.0044v1

Astron.J.134:2418-2429,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 12 figures, Accepted by AJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/522053

We have assembled a spectroscopic sample of low-mass dwarfs observed as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey along one Galactic sightline, designed to investigate the observable properties of the thin and thick disks. This sample of ~7400 K and M stars also has measured ugriz photometry, proper motions, and radial velocities. We have computed UVW space motion distributions, and investigate their structure with respect to vertical distance from the Galactic Plane. We place constraints on the velocity dispersions of the thin and thick disks, using two-component Gaussian fits. We also compare these kinematic distributions to a leading Galactic model. Finally, we investigate other possible observable differences between the thin and thick disks, such as color, active fraction and metallicity.

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