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Spiral structure parameters in the solar neighbourhood

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Two samples of O- and B-type stars and Cepheids with Hipparcos data have been used to characterize galactic rotation and spiral arm kinematics in the solar neighbourhood. An extensive set of simulations has been performed in order to assess the capabilities of the method and its sensitivity to sample errors and biases in the adopted parameters.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0010520,
  title  = {Spiral structure parameters in the solar neighbourhood},
  author = {D. Fernandez and X. Luri and F. Figueras and J. Torra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0010520},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, no figures, LaTex, uses crckapb.sty. To appear in the Proceedings of the IV Scientific Meeting of the Sociedad Espanola de Astronomia (SEA)