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

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

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We study the eccentricity distribution of a thick disc sample of stars observed in the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) and compare it to that expected in four simulations of thick disc formation in the literature (accretion of satellites, heating of a primordial thin disc during a merger, radial m...

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Main Authors: Wilson, M, Helmi, A, Morrison, H, Breddels, M, Bienayme, O, Binney, J, Bland-Hawthorn, J, Campbell, R, Freeman, K, Fulbright, J, Gibson, B, Gilmore, G, Grebel, E, Munari, U, Navarro, J, Parker, Q, Reid, W, Seabroke, G, Siebert, A, Siviero, A, Steinmetz, M, Williams, M, Wyse, R, Zwitter, T
Format: Journal article
Published: 2010

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