EPJ Web of Conferences 19, 10002 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121910002
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20121910002
Dynamical models of the Galaxy
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK
a e-mail: p.mcmillan1@physics.ox.ac.uk
I discuss the importance of dynamical models for exploiting survey data, focusing on the advantages of “torus” models. I summarize a number of applications of these models to the study of the Milky Way, including the determination of the peculiar Solar velocity and investigation of the Hyades moving group.
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