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The Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) I: tracing the kinematics of metal-poor stars in the Galactic bulge
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Number of Authors: 232020 (English)In: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, ISSN 0035-8711, E-ISSN 1365-2966, Vol. 491, no 1, p. L11-L16Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Our Galaxy is known to contain a central boxy/peanut-shaped bulge, yet the importance of a classical, pressure-supported component within the central part of the Milky Way is still being debated. It should be most visible at low metallicity, a regime that has not yet been studied in detail. Using metallicity-sensitive narrow-band photometry, the Pristine Inner Galaxy Survey (PIGS) has collected a large sample of metal-poor ([Fe/H] < -1.0) stars in the inner Galaxy to address this open question. We use PIGS to trace the metal-poor inner Galaxy kinematics as function of metallicity for the first time. We find that the rotational signal decreases with decreasing [Fe/H], until it becomes negligible for the most metal-poor stars. Additionally, the velocity dispersion increases with decreasing metallicity for -3.0 < [Fe/II] < -0.5, with a gradient of -44 +/- 41un s(-1)dex(-1). These observations may signal a transition between Galactic components of different metallicities and kinematics, a different mapping on to the boxy/peanut-shaped bulge for former disc stars of different metallicities and/or the secular dynamical and gravitational influence of the bar on the pressure-supported component. Our results provide strong constraints on models that attempt to explain the properties of the inner Galaxy.

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2020. Vol. 491, no 1, p. L11-L16
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Galaxy: bulge, Galaxy: evolution, Galaxy: formation, Galaxy: halo, Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, Galaxy: structure
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-181382DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slz156ISI: 000525753500003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85074916608OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-181382DiVA, id: diva2:1429037
Available from: 2020-05-07 Created: 2020-05-07 Last updated: 2022-11-10Bibliographically approved

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