Testing formation mechanisms of the Milky Way's thick disc with RAVE
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Wilson, Michelle; Helmi, Amina; Morrison, Heather; Breddels, M. A.; Bienayme, O; Binney, J; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Campbell, R; Freeman, Kenneth; Fulbright, J.P.; Gibson, Bradley K; Gilmore, Gerard; Navarro, J F; Parker, Quentin A; Reid, W; Steinmetz, Matthias; Wyse, Rosemary F G
Description
We study the eccentricity distribution of a thick-disc sample of stars (defined as those withVy > 50kms-1and1 < |z|/kpc < 3) observed in the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). We compare this distribution with those obtained in four simulations of galaxy
| Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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| Date published: | 2011 |
| Type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69143 |
| Source: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18298.x |
| Access Rights: | Open Access |
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