Large and small-scale structures of the local Galactic disc a maximum entropy approach to the stellar velocity distribution

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 510, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cubarsi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxies: statistics; Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics; Methods: statistical; Stars: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONTOUR PLOT; COPENHAGEN; DISC STARS; GALACTIC DISC; GALACTIC PLANE; GALAXIES: STATISTICS; GALAXY: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; GAUSSIAN MIXTURES; GRAMIANS; HIPPARCOS; ISO-CONTOURS; LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION; LINEAR ALGORITHMS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM DISTANCE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MEAN VELOCITIES; METALLICITIES; METHODS: STATISTICAL; MULTIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE DENSITY; RADIAL DIRECTION; RADIAL VELOCITY; ROTATION VELOCITY; SAMPLING PARAMETERS; SCALE DISTRIBUTIONS; SET OF MOMENTS; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; STARS: KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS; TRUNCATED DISTRIBUTIONS; VELOCITY AMPLITUDES;

DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; HYDRAULICS; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STARS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952851954     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912836     Document Type: Article

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