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Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry

(Gaia Collaboration) Klioner, S. A.; Mignard, F.; Lindegren, L.; Bastian, U.; McMillan, P. J.; Hernández, J.; Hobbs, D.; Ramos-Lerate, M.; Biermann, M.; Bombrun, A.; de Torres, A.; Gerlach, E.; Geyer, R.; Hilger, T.; Lammers, U.; Steidelmüller, H.; Stephenson, C. A.; Brown, A. G. A.; Vallenari, A.; Prusti, T.; de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Babusiaux, C.; Creevey, O. L.; Evans, D. W.; Eyer, L.; Hutton, A.; Jansen, F.; Jordi, C.; Luri, X.; Panem, C.; Pourbaix, D.; Randich, S.; Sartoretti, P.; Soubiran, C.; Walton, N. A.; Arenou, F.; Bailer-Jones, C. A. L.; Cropper, M.; Drimmel, R.; Katz, D.; Lattanzi, M. G.; van Leeuwen, F.; Bakker, J.; Castañeda, J.; De Angeli, F.; Ducourant, C.; Fabricius, C.; Fouesneau, M.; Frémat, Y.; Guerra, R.; Guerrier, A.; Guiraud, J.; Jean-Antoine Piccolo, A.; Masana, E.; Messineo, R.; Mowlavi, N.; Nicolas, C.; Nienartowicz, K.; Pailler, F.; Panuzzo, P.; Riclet, F.; Roux, W.; Seabroke, G. M.; Sordo, R.; Tanga, P.; Thévenin, F.; Gracia-Abril, G.; Portell, J.; Teyssier, D.; Altmann, M.; Andrae, R.; Bellas-Velidis, I.; Benson, K.; Berthier, J.; Blomme, R.; Brugaletta, E.; Burgess, P. W.; Busso, G.; Carry, B.; Cellino, A.; Cheek, N.; Clementini, G.; Damerdji, Y.; Davidson, M.; Delchambre, L.; Dell’Oro, A.; Fernández-Hernández, J.; Galluccio, L.; García-Lario, P.; Garcia-Reinaldos, M.; González-Núñez, J.; Gosset, E.; Haigron, R.; Halbwachs, J.-L.; Hambly, N. C.; Harrison, D. L.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Heiter, U.; Hestroffer, D.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Holl, B.; Janßen, K.; Jevardat de Fombelle, G.; Jordan, S.; Krone-Martins, A.; Lanzafame, A. C.; Löffler, W.; Lorca, A.; Manteiga, M.; Marchal, O.; Marrese, P. M.; Moitinho, A.; Mora, A.; Muinonen, K.; Osborne, P.; Pancino, E.; Pauwels, T.; Recio-Blanco, A.; Richards, P. J.; Riello, M.; Rimoldini, L.; Robin, A. C.; Roegiers, T.; Rybizki, J.; Sarro, L. M.; Siopis, C.; Smith, M.; Sozzetti, A.; Ulla, A.; Utrilla, E.; van Leeuwen, M.; van Reeven, W.; Abbas, U.; Abreu Aramburu, A.; Accart, S.; Aerts, C.; Aguado, J. J.; Ajaj, M.; Altavilla, G.; Álvarez, M. A.; Álvarez Cid-Fuentes, J.; Alves, J.; Anderson, R. I.; Anglada Varela, E.; Antoja, T.; Audard, M.; Baines, D.; Baker, S. G.; Balaguer-Núñez, L.; Balbinot, E.; Balog, Z.; Barache, C.; Barbato, D.; Barros, M.; Barstow, M. A.; Bartolomé, S.; Bassilana, J.-L.; Bauchet, N.; Baudesson-Stella, A.; Becciani, U.; Bellazzini, M.; Bernet, M.; Bertone, S.; Bianchi, L.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Boch, T.; Bossini, D.; Bouquillon, S.; Bramante, L.; Breedt, E.; Bressan, A.; Brouillet, N.; Bucciarelli, B.; Burlacu, A.; Busonero, D.; Butkevich, A. G.; Buzzi, R.; Caffau, E.; Cancelliere, R.; Cánovas, H.; Cantat-Gaudin, T.; Carballo, R.; Carlucci, T.; Carnerero, M. I.; Carrasco, J. M.; Casamiquela, L.; Castellani, M.; Castro-Ginard, A.; Castro Sampol, P.; Chaoul, L.; Charlot, P.; Chemin, L.; Chiavassa, A.; Comoretto, G.; Cooper, W. J.; Cornez, T.; Cowell, S.; Crifo, F.; Crosta, M.; Crowley, C.; Dafonte, C.; Dapergolas, A.; David, M.; David, P.; de Laverny, P.; De Luise, F.; De March, R.; De Ridder, J.; de Souza, R.; de Teodoro, P.; del Peloso, E. F.; del Pozo, E.; Delgado, A.; Delgado, H. E.; Delisle, J.-B.; Di Matteo, P.; Diakite, S.; Diener, C.; Distefano, E.; Dolding, C.; Eappachen, D.; Enke, H.; Esquej, P.; Fabre, C.; Fabrizio, M.; Faigler, S.; Fedorets, G.; Fernique, P.; Fienga, A.; Figueras, F.; Fouron, C.; Fragkoudi, F.; Fraile, E.; Franke, F.; Gai, M.; Garabato, D.; Garcia-Gutierrez, A.; García-Torres, M.; Garofalo, A.; Gavras, P.; Giacobbe, P.; Gilmore, G.; Girona, S.; Giuffrida, G.; Gomez, A.; Gonzalez-Santamaria, I.; González-Vidal, J. J.; Granvik, M.; Gutiérrez-Sánchez, R.; Guy, L. P.; Hauser, M.; Haywood, M.; Helmi, A.; Hidalgo, S. L.; Hładczuk, N.; Holland, G.; Huckle, H. E.; Jasniewicz, G.; Jonker, P. G.; Juaristi Campillo, J.; Julbe, F.; Karbevska, L.; Kervella, P.; Khanna, S.; Kochoska, A.; Kordopatis, G.; Korn, A. J.; Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z.; Kruszyńska, K.; Lambert, S.; Lanza, A. F.; Lasne, Y.; Le Campion, J.-F.; Le Fustec, Y.; Lebreton, Y.; Lebzelter, T.; Leccia, S.; Leclerc, N.; Lecoeur-Taibi, I.; Liao, S.; Licata, E.; Lindstrøm, H. E. P.; Lister, T. A.; Livanou, E.; Lobel, A.; Madrero Pardo, P.; Managau, S.; Mann, R. G.; Marchant, J. M.; Marconi, M.; Marcos Santos, M. M. S.; Marinoni, S.; Marocco, F.; Marshall, D. J.; Martin Polo, L.; Martín-Fleitas, J. M.; Masip, A.; Massari, D.; Mastrobuono-Battisti, A.; Mazeh, T.; Messina, S.; Michalik, D.; Millar, N. R.; Mints, A.; Molina, D.; Molinaro, R.; Molnár, L.; Montegriffo, P.; Mor, R.; Morbidelli, R.; Morel, T.; Morris, D.; Mulone, A. F.; Munoz, D.; Muraveva, T.; Murphy, C. P.; Musella, I.; Noval, L.; Ordénovic, C.; Orrù, G.; Osinde, J.; Pagani, C.; Pagano, I.; Palaversa, Lovro; Palicio, P. A.; Panahi, A.; Pawlak, M.; Peñalosa Esteller, X.; Penttilä, A.; Piersimoni, A. M.; Pineau, F.-X.; Plachy, E.; Plum, G.; Poggio, E.; Poretti, E.; Poujoulet, E.; Prša, A.; Pulone, L.; Racero, E.; Ragaini, S.; Rainer, M.; Raiteri, C. M.; Rambaux, N.; Ramos, P.; Re Fiorentin, P.; Regibo, S.; Reylé, C.; Ripepi, V.; Riva, A.; Rixon, G.; Robichon, N.; Robin, C.; Roelens, M.; Rohrbasser, L.; Romero-Gómez, M.; Rowell, N.; Royer, F.; Rybicki, K. A.; Sadowski, G.; Sagristà Sellés, A.; Sahlmann, J.; Salgado, J.; Salguero, E.; Samaras, N.; Sanchez Gimenez, V.; Sanna, N.; Santoveña, R.; Sarasso, M.; Schultheis, M.; Sciacca, E.; Segol, M.; Segovia, J. C.; Ségransan, D.; Semeux, D.; Siddiqui, H. I.; Siebert, A.; Siltala, L.; Slezak, E.; Smart, R. L.; Solano, E.; Solitro, F.; Souami, D.; Souchay, J.; Spagna, A.; Spoto, F.; Steele, I. A.; Süveges, M.; Szabados, L.; Szegedi-Elek, E.; Taris, F.; Tauran, G.; Taylor, M. B.; Teixeira, R.; Thuillot, W.; Tonello, N.; Torra, F.; Torra, J.; Turon, C.; Unger, N.; Vaillant, M.; van Dillen, E.; Vanel, O.; Vecchiato, A.; Viala, Y.; Vicente, D.; Voutsinas, S.; Weiler, M.; Wevers, T.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Yoldas, A.; Yvard, P.; Zhao, H.; Zorec, J.; Zucker, S.; Zurbach, C.; Zwitter, T. (2021) Gaia Early Data Release 3: Acceleration of the solar system from Gaia astrometry. Astronomy & astrophysics, 649 . ISSN 0004-6361

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Abstract

Context. Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) provides accurate astrometry for about 1.6 million compact (QSO-like) extragalactic sources, 1.2 million of which have the best-quality five-parameter astrometric solutions. Aims. The proper motions of QSO-like sources are used to reveal a systematic pattern due to the acceleration of the solar systembarycentre with respect to the rest frame of the Universe. Apart from being an important scientific result by itself, the acceleration measured in this way is a good quality indicator of the Gaia astrometric solution. Methods. Theeffect of the acceleration was obtained as a part of the general expansion of the vector field of proper motions in vector spherical harmonics (VSH). Various versions of the VSH fit and various subsets of the sources were tried and compared to get the most consistent result and a realistic estimate of its uncertainty. Additional tests with the Gaia astrometric solution were used to get a better idea of the possible systematic errors in the estimate. Results. Our best estimate of the acceleration based on Gaia EDR3 is (2.32 +/- 0.16) x 10(-10) m s(-2) (or 7.33 +/- 0.51 km s(-1) Myr-1) towards alpha = 269.1 degrees +/- 5.4 degrees, delta = -31.6 degrees +/- 4.1 degrees, corresponding to a proper motion amplitude of 5.05 +/- 0.35 mu as yr(-1). This is in good agreement with the acceleration expected from current models of the Galactic gravitational potential. We expect that future Gaia data releases will provide estimates of the acceleration with uncertainties substantially below 0.1 mu as yr(-1).

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: astrometry; proper motions; reference systems; galaxy kinematics and dynamics; methods data analysis
Subjects: NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Astronomy and Astrophysics
Divisions: Division of Experimental Physics
Projects:
Project titleProject leaderProject codeProject type
Rudarenje promjenjivog neba-MVSLovro PalaversaTTP-2018-07-1171HRZZ
Depositing User: Lovro Palaversa
Date Deposited: 07 May 2026 07:14
URI: https://fulir.irb.hr:/id/eprint/11925
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202039734

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