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astro-ph2006★ 641 cited
The RAVE Survey: Constraining the Local Galactic Escape Speed
M. C. Smith, G. R. Ruchti, A. Helmi +20
We report new constraints on the local escape speed of our Galaxy. Our analysis is based on a sample of high velocity stars from the RAVE survey and two previously published datase…
astro-ph2006
Galactic History: Formation and Evolution
Joss Bland-Hawthorn, Ken Freeman
We explore the motivation behind large stellar surveys in Galactic astronomy, in particular, surveys that measure the photometric, phase space and abundance properties of thousands…
astro-ph2006★ 939 cited
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): first data release
M. Steinmetz, T. Zwitter, A. Siebert +51
We present the first data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities and stellar atmosphere parameters (temper…