Schwarzschild Models for the Galaxy

Abstract

Schwarzschild's orbit-superposition technique is the most developed and well-tested method available for constraining the detailed mass distributions of equilibrium stellar systems. Here I provide a very short overview of the method and its existing implementations, and briefly discuss their viability as a tool for modeling the Galaxy using Gaia data.

2 pages; invited review at "Modelling the Galaxy in the era of Gaia", proceedings of Joint Discussion 5 at the XXVIIth IAU General Assembly (Rio de Janeiro, August 2009); James Binney, Ian F. Corbett, eds.

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• The Tilt of the Halo Velocity Ellipsoid and the Shape of the Milky Way Halo
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