Detectability of Galactic Kinematical Parameters from Proper Motions

1995 
We discuss the inclusion of a warp structure (as discussed by Miyamoto et al. 1993) to a realistic galactic model. We investigate how the proper motions are effected by changes in the inclination, phase angle and spin velocity of the warp. It is shown that accurate proper motions of disk stars do reflect the variation of warp parameters. A simulation of OB stars with an apparent magnitude limit of 7.0, mimicing the early type content of the HIPPARCOS catalogue, indicates that variations of phase are probably not observable while detection of velocity variation is within the limit of the current precision.
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