Stellar distances from spectroscopic observations: A new technique

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 339-354

  Burnett, Benedict ^a   Binney, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrometry; Methods: numerical; Methods: statistical; Stars: distances; Techniques: photometric; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTOMETRY; SURVEYS;

ASTROMETRY; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; METALLICITIES; METHOD: NUMERICAL; METHODS:STATISTICAL; STAR:DISTANCES; STELLAR DISTANCE; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; TECHNIQUES: SPECTROSCOPIC; UNCERTAINTY;

STARS;

EID: 77956400510     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16896.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Aumer M, Binney J J. MNRAS 2009, 397:1286.
2. Bertelli G, Girardi L, Marigo P, Nasi E. A&A 2008, 484:815.
3. Bessell M S. PASP 2000, 112:961.
4. Binney J, Merrifield M. Galactic Astronomy 1998, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ
5. Breddels M A. A&A 2010, 511:A90.
6. Carollo D. ApJ 2010, 712:692.
7. Cassisi S, Pietrinferni A, Salaris M, Castelli F, Cordier D, Castellani M. Mem. Soc. Astron. Ital. 2006, 77:71.
8. Eyre A. MNRAS 2010, 403:1999.
9. Eyre A, Binney J. MNRAS 2009, 399:L160.
10. Gautschy A, Saio H. ARA&A 1996, 34:551.
11. Gillessen S, Eisenhauer F, Trippe S, Alexander T, Genzel R, Martins F, Ott T. ApJ 2009, 692:1075.
12. Haywood M. MNRAS 2001, 325:1365.
13. Holmberg J, Nordström B, Andersen J. A&A 2009, 501:941.
14. Huchra J P, Geller M J. ApJ 1982, 257:423.
15. Jaynes E. Probability Theory: The Logic of Science 2003, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge
16. Jin S, Lynden-Bell D. MNRAS 2008, 383:1686.
17. Jørgensen B R, Lindegren L. A&A 2005, 436:127.
18. Jurić M. ApJ 2008, 673:864.
19. Kroupa P, Tout C A, Gilmore G. MNRAS 1993, 262:545.
20. Nordström B. A&A 2004, 418:989.
21. Olsen E H. A&AS 1983, 54:55.
22. Olsen E H. A&AS 1993, 102:89.
23. Olsen E H. A&AS 1994a, 104:429.
24. Olsen E H. A&AS 1994b, 106:257.
25. Perryman M. The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues 1997, ESA, Noordwijk
26. Perryman M A C. Astrometry in the Age of the Next Generation of Large Telescopes 2005, 3. Seidelmann P KMonet A K B. eds, Astron. Soc. Pac., San Francisco, p
27. Pont F, Eyer L. MNRAS 2004, 351:487.
28. Reddy B E. Chemical Abundances in the Universe: Connecting First Stars to Planets 2010, 289. Cunha KSpite MBarbuy B. eds, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, p
29. Saha P. Principles of Data Analysis 2003, Cappella Archive, Great Malvern
30. Skrutskie M F. AJ 2006, 131:1163.
31. Steinmetz M. GAIA Spectroscopy: Science and Technology 2003, 381. Munari U. ed., Astron. Soc. Pac., San Francisco, p
32. Steinmetz M. AJ 2006, 132:1645.
33. Zwitter T. AJ 2008, 136:421.
34. Zwitter T. Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 2010, 41:479. (RAVE collaboration)