Galactic kinematics and dynamics from Radial Velocity Experiment stars
Galactic kinematics and dynamics from Radial Velocity Experiment stars
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 with being identical with those of non-clump giants. We fit Gaussian velocity ellipsoids to the meridional-plane components of velocity of each …