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Testing formation mechanisms of the Milky Way's thick disc with RAVE

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2011

Authors

Wilson, Michelle
Helmi, Amina
Morrison, Heather
Breddels, M. A.
Bienayme, O
Binney, J
Bland-Hawthorn, Joss
Campbell, R
Freeman, Kenneth
Fulbright, J.P.

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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We study the eccentricity distribution of a thick-disc sample of stars (defined as those withVy > 50kms-1and1 < |z|/kpc < 3) observed in the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE). We compare this distribution with those obtained in four simulations of galaxy

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69143

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Journal article

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10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18298.x

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2037-12-31

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