Abstract
AbstractTo establish the existence of the galactic bar, ten methanol maser sources around the starting points of the spiral arms were observed with VERA (VLBI Exploration of radio astrometry) using the phase-referencing technique at 6.7 GHz band. For six out of ten sources, absolute proper motions were obtained with better than 3σ accuracy. Using VLBI 3-D data of eight sources, including our five sources, we compared the observed data with three galactic models and found that the model including the bar effect is better to explain the 3-D data, than a flat circular rotation model. A non-flat circular rotation model is also consistent with the VLBI data. Based on a dynamical model with a bar, we estimate an inclination angle of the bar around 35°, which is consistent with previous studies.
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