Local Stars as Tracers of Galactic Evolution

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Jul 1999

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Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 265, Issue 1/4, p. 235-241 (1999).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We describe the overall properties of a new catalogue of metallicities, ages, and galactic orbits for a large, complete sample of F and G dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. Based on a magnitude-limited sample of ˜ 14000 stars, it is volume-complete to ˜ 40 pc. Together with the astrophysical parameters of direct relevance to models of the evolution of the disk, it will contain the basic photometric, astrometric, and radial velocity data from which they are derived. Information on duplicity is also included. The full exploitation of the data will require a lengthy analysis, in particular to assess the degree of completeness of subsamples of stars of different population types. An early result on the effects of diffusion of galactic orbits in the disk - essential for understanding the scatter in the age-metallicity diagram and estimating the birth radius of stars - is briefly illustrated.

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