Erratum: ``Spectroscopic Survey of M Dwarfs within 100 Parsecs of the Sun'' (AJ, 130, 1871 [2005])

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Jun 2006

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The Astronomical Journal, Volume 131, Issue 6, pp. 3136-3138.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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In Table 2 of the recent paper titled ``Spectroscopic Survey of M Dwarfs within 100 Parsecs of the Sun'' by Bochanski et al., the authors presented UVW space velocities, proper motions, radial velocities, and distances to the 574 M dwarfs within their sample. The UVW motions were then examined as a function of vertical distance from the Galactic plane, with a discussion on the significance of the results and their application to dynamic heating models.
The authors have discovered an error in the calculation of the UVW motions. During the preparation of the manuscript, the computed space motions were not accurately recorded for a given star, resulting in sporadic errors throughout Table 2 and the subsequent analysis. In addition, the authors want to explicitly state that the UVW motions, corrected to the local standard of rest, are in a right-handed system, with a positive U-velocity in the direction of the Galactic center.
The new space velocities for the M dwarfs within this sample affect Tables 2 and 4-6 and Figures 8 and 9. The new values are included below, but the authors stress that the original conclusions presented in § 6 of the original paper remain valid. In the new version of Figure 9, the general decrease in velocity dispersion of the broad component (circles) with distance from the plane is preserved, along with the mostly constant dispersion of the narrow velocity dispersion component (squares). For completeness, a new illustrative demonstration of our kinematic analysis is shown, along with updated versions of Tables 4-6, which present the details of the kinematic analysis for UVW.
The authors sincerely regret any confusion introduced by this error and wish to thank Francesca Figueras for helpful discussion.

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