The velocity distribution of nearby stars from hipparcos data. I. the significance of the moving groups

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 700, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1794-1819

  Bovy, Jo ^a   Hogg, David W ^a,b   Roweis, Sam T ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxy: structure; Methods: statistical; Solar neighborhood; Stars: kinematics; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350774942     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/1794     Document Type: Article

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