Schwarzschild Models for the Galaxy
Astrophysics of Galaxies
2015-05-19 v1
Abstract
Schwarzschild's orbit-superposition technique is the most developed and well-tested method available for constraining the detailed mass distributions of equilibrium stellar systems. Here I provide a very short overview of the method and its existing implementations, and briefly discuss their viability as a tool for modeling the Galaxy using Gaia data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.2348,
title = {Schwarzschild Models for the Galaxy},
author = {Julio Chanamé},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.2348},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
2 pages; invited review at "Modelling the Galaxy in the era of Gaia", proceedings of Joint Discussion 5 at the XXVIIth IAU General Assembly (Rio de Janeiro, August 2009); James Binney, Ian F. Corbett, eds.