Testing kinematic distances under a realistic Galactic potential - Investigating systematic errors in the kinematic distance method arising from a non-axisymmetric potential

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Fig. 3

Strength of the spiral arms at solar circle, R = 8.179 kpc, as a function of azimuth. Shown is the strength of the spiral arms in black as well as the $f_{m_{1}, γ_{1}} and f_{m_{2}, γ_{2}}$ ${f_{{m_1},{\gamma _1}}}{\rm{ and }}{f_{{m_2},{\gamma _2}}}$ components in blue and red, respectively.

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