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UNIT 1 The Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way Almost everything we see in the night sky belongs to the Milky Way From the outside, our Milky Way might look very much like our cosmic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy We see most of the Milky Way as a faint band of light across the sky

The Structure of the Milky Way (1) Disk Nuclear Bulge Sun Halo Globular Clusters

The Structure of the Milky Way (2) Galactic Plane Galactic Center The structure is hard to determine because: 1) We are inside 2) Distance measurements are difficult 3) Our view towards the center is obscured by gas and dust

First Studies of the Galaxy First attempt to unveil the structure of our Galaxy by William Herschel (1785), based on optical observations The shape of the Milky Way was believed to resemble a grindstone, with the sun close to the center

Exploring the Galaxy Using Clusters of Stars Two types of star clusters: Open clusters h and c Persei 1) Open clusters: young clusters of recently formed stars; within the disk of the Galaxy 2) Globular clusters: old, centrally concentrated clusters of stars; mostly in a halo around the Galaxy Globular Cluster M 19

Globular Clusters Dense clusters of 50,000 – 1 million stars Old (~ 11 billion years), lower-main-sequence stars Approx. 200 globular clusters in our Milky Way Globular Cluster M80

Locating the Center of the Milky Way Distribution of globular clusters is not centered on the sun… …but on a location which is heavily obscured from direct (visual) observation

Infrared View of the Milky Way Near infrared image Interstellar dust (absorbing optical light) emits mostly infrared Galactic Plane Nuclear bulge Infrared emission is not strongly absorbed and provides a clear view throughout the Milky Way

A View of Galaxies Similar to Our Milky Way We also see gas and dust absorbing light in other galaxies… …as dark dust lanes when we see a galaxy edge-on Sombrero Galaxy …and as dark clouds in the spiral arms when we see a galaxy face-on NGC 2997

Exploring the Milky Way with Massive Stars and Open Clusters O and B stars are the most massive, most luminous stars (unfortunately, also the shortest-lived ones) => Look for very young clusters or associations containing O and B stars: O/B Associations!

Massive Stars and Open Clusters Problem: Many stars in the field of the O/B association do not belong to the association (foreground and background stars)  Identify members through their similar motion on the sky. Members of the association have been formed together and move in the same direction

Orbital Motion in the Milky Way (1) Disk stars: Nearly circular orbits in the disk of the Galaxy Halo stars: Highly elliptical orbits; randomly oriented

Orbital Motion in the Milky Way (2) Differential Rotation Sun orbits around Galactic center at 220 km/s 1 orbit takes approx. 240 million years Stars closer to the galactic center orbit faster Stars farther out orbit more slowly

Finding Mass from Orbital Velocity The more mass there is inside the orbit, the faster the sun has to orbit around the Galactic center Combined mass: M = 4 billion Msun M = 11 billion Msun M = 25 billion Msun M = 100 billion Msun M = 400 billion Msun

The Mass of the Milky Way (2) Total mass in the disk of the Milky Way: Approx. 200 billion solar masses Additional mass in an extended halo: Total: Approx. 1 trillion solar masses Most of the mass is not emitting any radiation: Dark Matter!

Population I: Young stars: metal rich; located in spiral arms and disk Stellar Populations Population I: Young stars: metal rich; located in spiral arms and disk Population II: Old stars: metal poor; located in the halo (globular clusters) and nuclear bulge

The Abundance of Elements in the Universe All elements heavier than He are very rare. Logarithmic Scale Linear Scale

Galactic Fountains Multiple supernovae in regions of recent star formation produce bubbles of very hot gas This hot gas can break out of the galactic disk and produce a galactic fountain As the gas cools, it falls back to the disk, spreading heavy elements throughout the galaxy

History of the Milky Way The traditional theory: Quasi-spherical gas cloud fragments into smaller pieces, forming the first, metal-poor stars (pop. II); Rotating cloud collapses into a disk-like structure Later populations of stars (pop. I) are restricted to the disk of the Galaxy

Changes to the Traditional Theory Ages of stellar populations may pose a problem to the traditional theory of the history of the Milky Way Possible solution: Later accumulation of gas, possibly due to mergers with smaller galaxies Recently discovered ring of stars around the Milky Way may be the remnant of such a merger

Radio View of the Milky Way Interstellar dust does not absorb radio waves We can observe any direction throughout the Milky Way at radio waves Radio map at a wavelength of 21 cm, tracing neutral hydrogen

Structure of the Milky Way Revealed Distribution of dust Sun Distribution of stars and neutral hydrogen Bar Ring

Star Formation in Spiral Arms Shock waves from supernovae, and the shock fronts forming spiral arms trigger star formation Spiral arms are stationary shock waves, initiating star formation

Star Formation in Spiral Arms (2) Spiral arms are basically stationary shock waves Stars and gas clouds orbit around the Galactic center and cross spiral arms Shocks initiate star formation Star formation self-sustaining through O and B ionization fronts and supernova shock waves

The Nature of Spiral Arms Spiral arms appear bright (newly formed, massive stars!) against the dark sky background… but dark (gas and dust in dense, star-forming clouds) against the bright background of the large galaxy Chance coincidence of small spiral galaxy in front of a large background galaxy

The Milky Way Spiral Arms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way#Structure

Grand-Design Spiral Galaxies Flocculent (woolly) galaxies also have spiral patterns, but no dominant pair of spiral arms Grand-Design Spirals have two dominant spiral arms NGC 300 M 100

The Whirlpool Galaxy Grand-design galaxy M 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) Self-sustaining star forming regions along spiral arm patterns are clearly visible

Extinction by 30 magnitudes The Galactic Center (1) Our view (in visible light) towards the galactic center (GC) is heavily obscured by gas and dust Extinction by 30 magnitudes  Only 1 out of 1012 optical photons makes its way from the GC towards Earth! Galactic center Wide-angle optical view of the GC region

A Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy By following the orbits of individual stars near the center of the Milky Way, the mass of the central black hole could be determined to ~ 2.6 million solar masses