Fig. 8.

Reconstructed distribution of stellar inclinations for our sample of 1139 RGB stars. We assumed an isotropic PDF in sin(i) for all stars presenting one rotational component as well as for stars presenting two rotational components and a m = 0 component lost in the background. We used a Gaussian PDF for stars presenting three rotational components as well as for stars with two rotational components and a mean HBR equal to or above 8 for the retrieved m = 0 component. The red line represents an isotropic distribution in sin(i) derived from a fit to the histogram. Mean error bars are represented in black for each inclination bin.
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