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Table B.1.

Parameters for the creation of mock spiral arms based on the Reid et al. (2019) model.

σ2 N Noise parameter
Ideal Noisy Inter arms
3 kpc 0.014 20 0.0 0.03 0.01
Norma 0.011 20 0.0 0.03 0.01
Sct-Cen 0.018 20 0.0 0.03 0.01
Sgr-Car 0.021 20 0.0 0.03 0.01
Local 0.024 50 0.0 0.03 0.01
Perseus 0.027 50 0.0 0.03 0.01
Outer 0.050 50 0.0 0.03 0.01

Notes. N is the number of centers for bivariate normal distributions with variance σ2 in their covariance matrix. Noise is the scaling factor for random noise added to the coordinates of the mock stars. Random noise is drawn from an univariate normal distribution of mean 0 and variance 1.

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