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astro-ph2008★ 273 cited
The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): second data release
T. Zwitter, A. Siebert, U. Munari +51
We present the second data release of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE), an ambitious spectroscopic survey to measure radial velocities (RVs) and stellar atmosphere parameters…
astro-ph2007★ 28 cited
Self-consistent massive disks in triaxial dark matter halos
Jeremy Bailin, Josh D. Simon, Alberto D. Bolatto +2
Galactic disks in triaxial dark matter halos become deformed by the elliptical potential in the plane of the disk in such a way as to counteract the halo ellipticity. We develop a…
astro-ph2006★ 95 cited
Two Disk Components from a Gas Rich Disk-Disk Merger
Chris Brook, Simon Richard, Daisuke Kawata +2
We employ N-body, smoothed particle hydrodynamical simulations, including detailed treatment of chemical enrichment, to follow a gas-rich merger which results in a galaxy with disk…