The Galaxy Kinematics from the Cepheids with the Proper Motions from the GAIA DR1 Catalog [GA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1611.01766


The sample of classic Cepheids with known distances and line-of-sight velocities is supplemented by the proper motions from the Gaia DR1 catalog. From spatial velocities of 260 stars the components of the peculiar Solar velocity:
(U,V,W)_\odot=(7.90,11.73,7.39)+/-(0.65,0.77,0.62) km/s, parameters of the Galactic rotation curve: \Omega_0 =28.840+/-.33 km/s/kpc, \Omega’_0=-4.05+/-0.10 km/s/kpc^2, \Omega”_0=0.805+/-0.067 km/s/kpc^3 are obtained. For the adopted Galactocentric Solar distance R_0=8 kpc the linear circular velocity of the Local Standard of Rest is found as V_0=231+/-6 km/s.

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V. Bobylev
Tue, 8 Nov 16
45/75

Comments: 11 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy Letters, 2017, Issue 3