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Table 1.

Population parameters, object parameters and data of each stellar object, parameters and distributions with implicit dependence on the population parameters, and fixed background distributions of our model.

Ψ Population parameters (11 degrees of freedom)
ρ{1, 2, 3, 4} Mid-plane densities of matter components with different scale heights
cj = {2, 3} Two weights of the vertical velocity distribution Gaussians, also setting c1 = 1 − c2 − c3
σj = {1, 2, 3} Three Gaussian widths of the vertical velocity distribution
Z Height of the Sun above the Galactic plane
W Vertical velocity of the Sun in the Galactic rest frame

ψi = 1, …, N Stellar parameters (7 degrees of freedom per stellar object)

x = (x, y, z) Spatial position in the solar rest frame
ν = (u, v, w) Velocity in the solar rest frame
MG Absolute magnitude in the GaiaG-band

di = 1, …, N Data

mG Apparent magnitude in the GaiaG-band
l, b Galactic longitude and latitude
Observed parallax
, Observed proper motions
Error covariance matrix for proper motions and parallax
, Observed radial velocity and its uncertainty (available only for a subset of stars)

Parameters and distributions that depend on the population parameters

Φ(Z) Gravitational potential
f(W, Z) Vertical velocity distribution, which integrates to n(Z)
n(Z) Relative stellar number density
Z = z + Z Height with respect to the Galactic plane
W = w + W Vertical velocity in the Galactic rest frame

Fixed background distributions

F(MG) Luminosity function
f(u, v) Velocity distribution parallel to the Galactic plane, parametrised by ak, gk, and Gk
C(l, b, mG) DR2 completeness
Density of parallax uncertainties, as a function of apparent magnitude and Galactic latitude
Ξ(x) G-band extinction due to dust

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