Bibcode
López-Corredoira, M.
Bibliographical reference
Exploiting Large Surveys for Galactic Astronomy, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 13, 22-23 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD13, #21
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2006
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Bellazzini et al. (2006b) claim that Lopez-Corredoira et al.'s (2002)
warp model is totally unable to reproduce the Canis Major structure in
the red clump stars. However, slight variations in the azimuth of the
Lopez-Corredoira et al. (2002) warp model, justified by the
uncertainties in the parameter as well as the local irregularities with
respect to the average model, derive a result much closer to the
observations of the overdensity south/north. The bump of red clump stars
with m_K=13-13.5 around l=241 deg., b=-8.5 deg. and the depth of the
Canis Major structure are also explainable in terms of the warp with an
appropriate extrapolation of constant height between galactocentric
radii of 13 and 16 kpc, as observed roughly in the southern warp,
instead of a monotonically increasing height like the northern warp; and
the observed velocity distribution of stars cannot exclude the warp
possibility. A warp model is therefore still a possible explanation of
the Canis Major overdensity, and the hypothesis of the existence of a
dwarf galaxy is unnecessary, although still a possibility too.