5 papers
Galactic kinematics and dynamics from RAVE stars
James Binney, Ben Burnett, Georges Kordopatis +15
We analyse the kinematics of ~400000 RAVE stars. We split the sample into hot and cold dwarfs, red-clump and non-clump giants. The kinematics of the clump giants are consistent wit…
New distances to RAVE stars
James Binney, Ben Burnett, Georges Kordopatis +16
Probability density functions are determined from new stellar parameters for the distance moduli of stars for which the RAdial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) has obtained spectra with…
The properties of the local spiral arms from RAVE data: two-dimensional density wave approach
A. Siebert, B. Famaey, J. Binney +19
Using the RAVE survey, we recently brought to light a gradient in the mean galactocentric radial velocity of stars in the extended solar neighbourhood. This gradient likely origina…
Detection of a radial velocity gradient in the extended local disc with RAVE
A. Siebert, B. Famaey, I. Minchev +22
Using a sample of 213,713 stars from the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) survey, limited to a distance of 2 kpc from the Sun and to |z|<1 kpc, we report the detection of a veloci…
Stellar distances from spectroscopic observations: a new technique
Benedict Burnett, James Binney
A Bayesian approach to the determination of stellar distances from photometric and spectroscopic data is presented and tested both on pseudodata, designed to mimic data for stars o…