The local spiral arm in the LAMOST-Gaia common stars?

Abstract

Using the LAMOST-Gaia common stars, we demonstrate that the in-plane velocity field for the nearby young stars are significantly different from that for the old ones. For the young stars, the probably perturbed velocities similar to the old population are mostly removed from the velocity maps in the $X$--$Y$ plane. The residual velocity field shows that the young stars consistently move along $Y$ with faster $v_{\varphi }$ at the trailing side of the local arm, while at the leading side, they move slower in azimuth direction. At both sides, the young stars averagely move inward with $v_R$ of $-5\sim -3$ km s${}^{-1}$. The divergence of the velocity in $Y$ direction implies that the young stars are associated with a density wave nearby the local arm. We therefore suggest that the young stars may reflect the formation of the local spiral arm by correlating themselves with a density wave. The range of the age for the young stars is around 2 Gyr, which is sensible since the transient spiral arm can sustain that long. We also point out that alternative explanations of the peculiar velocity field for the young population cannot be ruled out only from this observed data.

arXiv comment7 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in the ApJL

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