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| Paper: |
From Kinematics to Dynamics in Thin Disks |
| Volume: |
230, Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies |
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241 |
| Authors: |
Mathieu, A.; Merrifield, M. R. |
| Abstract: |
We present a method for recovering the distribution functions of edge-on thin axisymmetric disks directly from their observable kinematic properties. We show that the general two-integral distribution function can be reconstructed using the shapes of the high-velocity tails of the line-of-sight distributions and that the gravitational potential is tightly constrained by the observed kinematics. |
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