NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2008B-0366
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PI: Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Japan Spaceguard Association, sakamoto@spaceguard.or.jp
Address: Bisei Spaceguard Center, 1716-3, Ookura, Bisei, Ibara, Okayama 714-1411, Japan
CoI: Takashi Hasegawa, Gunma Astronomical Observatory
Title: Short-period Mira variable stars diagnostics for dynamics of Galactic disk
Abstract:
Mira variable stars with periods shorter than 300 days (SP-Miras)
are good tracers for determination of dynamical properties of the
Galactic disk from the points of the identification, age, and distance-
estimate. Recent accurate astrometric data elucidated the existence of
some moving groups of stars on orbits deviated from the circular orbits
in the solar neighborhood. In order to examine their formation
scenario, it is vital to set strong limits on the resonances of the
potential of the bar and spiral arms from the full space motions of the
stars because the distribution of the orbits is sensitive to the
positions of the resonances. We produced a sample of 370 Galactic SP-
Miras that are mainly located at the Galactocentric distance of 5-12
kpc. This sample includes 111 SP-Miras with no radial velocities. In
this semester, we propose to measure the radial velocities of 38 SP-
Miras with no radial velocities at the Galactocentric distance of 5-7
kpc and to limit on the positions of the resonances from their
systematic motion.
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