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astro-ph2008★ 105 cited

Estimation of the Tilt of the Stellar Velocity Ellipsoid from RAVE and Implications for Mass Models

A. Siebert, O. Bienaymé, J. Binney +16

We present a measure of the inclination of the velocity ellipsoid at 1 kpc below the Galactic plane using a sample of red clump giants from the RAVE DR2 release. We find that the v…

astro-ph2008★ 725 cited

Chemical evolution with radial mixing

Ralph Schoenrich, James Binney

Models of the chemical evolution of our Galaxy are extended to include radial migration of stars and flow of gas through the disc. The models track the production of both iron and…

astro-ph2008★ 70 cited

Diffuse interstellar bands in RAVE Survey spectra

U. Munari, L. Tomasella, M. Fiorucci +19

We have used spectra of hot stars from the RAVE Survey in order to investigate the visibility and properties of five diffuse interstellar bands previously reported in the literatur…

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-ph2008★ 92 cited

Disassembling the Galaxy with angle-action coordinates

Paul J. McMillan, James J. Binney

Angle-action coordinates are used to study the relic of an N-body simulation of a self-gravitating satellite galaxy that was released on a short-period orbit within the disc of the…

astro-ph2008★ 73 cited

Dynamical friction in modified Newtonian dynamics

C. Nipoti, L. Ciotti, J. Binney +1

We have tested a previous analytical estimate of the dynamical friction timescale in Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) with fully non-linear N-body simulations. The simulations co…

astro-ph2008★ 41 cited

Fitting orbits to tidal streams

James Binney

Recent years have seen the discovery of many tidal streams through the Galaxy. Relatively straightforward observations of a stream allow one to deduce three phase-space coordinates…

astro-ph2008★ 249 cited

Accretion of gas onto nearby spiral galaxies

Filippo Fraternali, James Binney

We present evidence for cosmological gas accretion onto spiral galaxies in the local universe. The accretion is seen through its effects on the dynamics of the extra-planar neutral…

astro-ph2008★ 78 cited

Galactic kinematics with RAVE data: I. The distribution of stars towards the Galactic poles

L. Veltz, O. Bienaymé, K. C. Freeman +16

We analyze the distribution of G and K type stars towards the Galactic poles using RAVE and ELODIE radial velocities, 2MASS photometric star counts, and UCAC2 proper motions. The c…