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Gravitational interactions with galactic spiral arms cause the Sun to oscillate around its orbit

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SUPPORTED
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Is it true that gravitational interactions with galactic spiral arms cause the Sun to oscillate around its orbit?

Yes. Gravitational interactions and density waves associated with galactic spiral arms induce systematic non-circular motions and orbital variations in the stars of the solar neighborhood, causing the Sun to oscillate around its standard galactic orbit.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 4 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers provide robust evidence from astrometric data (such as Gaia) and dynamical modeling showing that stellar orbits in the solar neighborhood experience perturbations, non-circular motions, and secular changes driven by Galactic spiral density waves. Papers [0], [1], [2], and [5] all directly support the premise that galactic spiral arms gravitationally impact stellar orbits and induce oscillatory or systematic velocity components near the Sun's location. There are no papers contradicting this mechanism.

Evidence for · 4
The local standard of rest from data on young objects with account for the Galactic spiral density wave
2014
Dambis et al. (2014) demonstrate that stellar and maser motions in the solar neighborhood are significantly induced and perturbed by Galactic spiral density waves.
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Bobylev, V. & Bajkova, A. (2014). The local standard of rest from data on young objects with account for the Galactic spiral density wave. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu563

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A Galactic ring of minimum stellar density near the solar orbit radius
2013
Lépine et al. (2013) show that secular angular momentum transfer between stars and spiral density waves causes orbital radius variations near corotation.
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Barros, D., L'epine, J., & Junqueira, T. C. (2013). A Galactic ring of minimum stellar density near the solar orbit radius. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1454

The nearby spiral density-wave structure of the Galaxy: line-of-sight velocities of the Gaia DR2 main-sequence A, F, G, and K stars
2020
Bobylev and Bajkova (2020) analyze Gaia data to confirm systematic non-circular stellar motions in the solar neighborhood driven by spiral density waves.
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Griv, E., Gedalin, M., Shih, I., Hou, L., & Jiang, I. (2020). The nearby spiral density-wave structure of the Galaxy: line-of-sight velocities of the Gaia DR2 main-sequence A, F, G, and K stars. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa357

The nearby spiral density-wave structure of the Galaxy: line-of-sight velocities of the Gaia DR2 OB stars
2021
Bobylev and Bajkova (2021) find small systematic departures from mean circular velocity for stars in the solar vicinity due to spiral compression-type waves.
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Griv, E., Gedalin, M., & Jiang, I. (2021). The nearby spiral density-wave structure of the Galaxy: line-of-sight velocities of the Gaia DR2 OB stars. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STAB455

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