The age of the solar neighbourhood

High-quality Hipparcos data for a complete sample of nearly 12 000 main-sequence and subgiant stars, together with Padua isochrones, are used to constrain the star formation history of the solar neigbourhood and the processes that stochastically accelerate disc stars. The velocity dispersion of a co...

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Main Authors: Binney, J, Dehnen, W, Bertelli, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000