VizieR Online Data Catalog: High Galactic latitude runaway stars (Silva+, 2011)
Abstract
We estimate the distribution of ejection velocities for the known population of high Galactic latitude runaway stars. The initial sample is a collection of 174 early-type stars selected from the literature. The stars are first classified according to their evolutionary status in order to obtain a homogeneous sample of 96 genuine main-sequence stars. Their present velocities and flight times are then estimated using proper motion data from various astrometric catalogues (including Tycho-2, UCAC2 and USNO-B) and the ejection velocities are computed by tracing their orbits back in time, based on a Galactic potential. The potential used is constructed from a mass density model chosen to fit the most recent observational constraints.
(5 data files).- Publication:
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VizieR Online Data Catalog
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011yCat..74112596S
- Keywords:
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- Stars: early-type;
- Stars: nearby;
- Space velocities