Abstract
Abstract
The halo stars on highly-radial orbits should inevitably pass the center regions of the Milky Way. Under the assumption that the stellar halo is in “dynamical equilibrium” and is axisymmetric, we integrate the orbits of ∼10,000 halo K giants at 5 ≤ r ≤ 50 kpc cross-matched from LAMOST DR5 and Gaia DR3. By carefully considering the selection function, we construct the stellar halo distribution at the entire regions of r ≤ 50 kpc. We find that a double-broken power-law function well describes the stellar halo’s density distribution with shallower slopes in the inner regions and the two breaks at r = 10 kpc and r = 25 kpc, respectively. The stellar halo becomes flatter from outer to inner regions but has q ∼ 0.5 at r ≲ 5 kpc. The stellar halo becomes isotropic with a slight prograde rotation in the inner 5 kpc, and reaches velocity dispersions of ∼250 km s−1. We get a weak negative metallicity gradient of −0.005 dex kpc−1 at 5 ≤ r ≤ 50 kpc, while there is an excess of relative metal-rich stars with [Fe/H] > −1 in the inner 10 kpc. The halo interlopers at r ≤ 5 kpc from integration of our sample has a mass of ∼1.2 × 108
M
⊙ (∼4.7×107
M
⊙ at [Fe/H] < 1.5), which can explain 50–100% of the metal-poor stars with [Fe/H] < −1.5 directly observed in the Galactic central regions.
Funder
MOST ∣ National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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