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Chapter 14 The Milky Way Galaxy © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

Units of Chapter 14 Our Parent Galaxy Measuring the Milky Way Galactic Structure Formation of the Milky Way Galactic Spiral Arms The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy The Galactic Center Summary of Chapter 14 © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.1 Our Parent Galaxy From Earth, we see few stars when looking out of galaxy (red arrows), many when looking in (blue and white arrows). The Milky Way is how our Galaxy appears in the night sky (b). © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.1 Our Parent Galaxy Our Galaxy is a spiral galaxy. Here are three similar galaxies. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way One of the first attempts to measure the Milky Way was done by Herschel using visible stars. Unfortunately, he was not aware that most of the Galaxy, particularly the center, is blocked from view by vast clouds of gas and dust. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way We have already encountered variable stars—novae, supernovae, and related phenomena—which are called cataclysmic variables. There are other stars whose luminosity varies in a regular way, but much more subtly. These are called intrinsic variables. Two types of intrinsic variables have been found: RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way The upper plot is an RR Lyrae star. All such stars have essentially the same luminosity curve, with periods from 0.5 to 1 day. The lower plot is a Cepheid variable; Cepheid periods range from about 1 to 100 days. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way The variability of these stars comes from a dynamic balance between gravity and pressure—they have large oscillations around stability. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way The usefulness of these stars comes from their period–luminosity relationship. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way This allows us to measure the distances to these stars. RR Lyrae stars all have about the same luminosity; knowing their apparent magnitude allows us to calculate the distance. Cepheids have a luminosity that is strongly correlated with the period of their oscillations; once the period is measured, the luminosity is known and we can proceed as above. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way Many RR Lyrae stars are found in globular clusters. These clusters are not all in the plane of the Galaxy, so they are not obscured by dust and can be measured. This yields a much more accurate picture of the extent of our Galaxy and our place within it. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.2 Measuring the Milky Way We have now expanded our cosmic distance ladder one more step. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.3 Galactic Structure This artist’s conception shows the various parts of our Galaxy and the position of our Sun. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.3 Galactic Structure The Galactic halo and globular clusters formed very early; the halo is essentially spherical. All the stars in the halo are very old, and there is no gas and dust. The Galactic disk is where the youngest stars are, as well as star formation regions—emission nebulae, large clouds of gas and dust. Surrounding the Galactic center is the Galactic bulge, which contains a mix of older and younger stars. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.3 Galactic Structure This infrared view of our Galaxy shows much more detail of the Galactic center than the visible-light view does, as infrared is not as much absorbed by gas and dust. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.3 Galactic Structure Stellar orbits in the disk are in a plane and in the same direction; orbits in the halo and bulge are much more random. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.4 The Formation of the Milky Way Any theory of galaxy formation should be able to account for all the properties below. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.4 The Formation of the Milky Way The formation of the halo of the Galaxy likely involved the merger of smaller galaxies. Disk formation is believed to be similar to the formation of the solar system, but on a much larger scale. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.5 Galactic Spiral Arms Measurement of the position and motion of gas clouds shows that the Milky Way has a spiral form. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.5 Galactic Spiral Arms The spiral arms cannot rotate along with the Galaxy; they would “curl up.” © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.5 Galactic Spiral Arms Rather, they appear to be density waves, with stars moving in and out of them much as cars move in and out of a traffic jam. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.5 Galactic Spiral Arms As clouds of gas and dust move through the spiral arms, the increased density triggers star formation. This may contribute to propagation of the arms. The origin of the spiral arms is not yet understood. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.6 The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy The orbital speed of an object depends only on the amount of mass between it and the Galactic center. Measuring the Galactic orbital speed allows astronomers to calculate the Galactic mass contained within the orbit. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.6 The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy Once all the Galaxy is within an orbit, the velocity should diminish with distance, as the dashed curve shows. It doesn’t; more than twice the mass of the Galaxy would have to be outside the visible part to reproduce the observed curve. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.6 The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy What could this “dark matter” be? It is dark at all wavelengths, not just the visible. Stellar-mass black holes? Probably no way enough could have been created Brown dwarfs, faint white dwarfs, and red dwarfs? Currently the best star-like option Weird subatomic particles? Could be, although no evidence so far © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.6 The Mass of the Milky Way Galaxy The bending of spacetime can allow a large mass to act as a gravitational lens: Observation of such events suggests that low-mass white dwarfs could account for about half of the mass needed. The rest is still a mystery. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.7 The Galactic Center This is a view toward the Galactic center, in visible light. The two arrows in the inset indicate the location of the center; it is entirely obscured by dust. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.7 The Galactic Center These images, in infrared, radio, and X-ray, offer a different view of the Galactic center. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.7 The Galactic Center The Galactic center appears to have a stellar density a million times higher than near Earth a ring of molecular gas 400 pc across strong magnetic fields a rotating ring or disk of matter a few parsecs across a strong X-ray source at the center © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.7 The Galactic Center Apparently, there is an enormous black hole at the center of the Galaxy, which is the source of these phenomena. An accretion disk surrounding the black hole emits enormous amounts of radiation. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

14.7 The Galactic Center These objects are very close to the Galactic center. The orbit on the right of star S2 is the best fit; it assumes a central black hole of about 4 million solar masses. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

Summary of Chapter 14 A galaxy is stellar and interstellar matter bound by its own gravity. Our Galaxy is spiral. Variable stars can be used for distance measurement, through period–luminosity relationship. True extent of a galaxy can be mapped out using globular clusters. Star formation occurs in disk, but not in a halo or a bulge. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.

Summary of Chapter 14, cont. Spiral arms may be density waves. Galactic rotation curve shows large amounts of undetectable mass at large radii, called dark matter. Activity near Galactic center suggests presence of a 3.7 million-solar-mass black hole. © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc.