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Self-consistent modelling of our Galaxy with Gaia data

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2018-06-13 v1

Abstract

Galaxy models are fundamental to exploiting surveys of our Galaxy. There is now a significant body of work on axisymmetric models. A model can be defined by giving the DF of each major class of stars and of dark matter. Then the self-consistent gravitational potential is determined. Other modelling techniques are briefly considered before an overview of some early work on non-axisymmetric models.

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@article{arxiv.1706.01374,
  title  = {Self-consistent modelling of our Galaxy with Gaia data},
  author = {James Binney},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.01374},
  year   = {2018}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure to appear in proceedings of IAU Symposium 330, eds. Recio-Blanco, de Laverny & Brown

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