# Mapping the Milky Way with LAMOST I: method and overview

@article{Liu2017MappingTM,
title={Mapping the Milky Way with LAMOST I: method and overview},
author={Chao Liu and Yan Xu and Jun-chen Wan and Haifeng Wang and Jeffrey L. Carlin and Licai Deng and Heidi Jo Newberg and Zihuang Cao and Yong-Hui Hou and Yue-fei Wang and Yong Zhang},
journal={Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics},
year={2017},
volume={17},
pages={096}
}
• C. Liu, +8 authors Y. Zhang
• Published 2017
• Physics
• Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
We present a statistical method to derive the stellar density profiles of the Milky Way from spectroscopic survey data, taking into account selection effects. We assume the selection function, which can be altered during observations and data reductions, of the spectroscopic survey is based on photometric colors and magnitude. Then the underlying selection function for a line-of-sight can be recovered well by comparing the distribution of the spectroscopic stars in a color-magnitude plane with… Expand
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