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Comoving Stars in Gaia DR1: An Abundance of Very Wide Separation Comoving Pairs

We came up with a novel method to select comoving pairs based on Bayesian model selection. With this and Gaia DR1, we found some new nearby moving groups.
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Kinematic modelling of clusters with Gaia: the death throes of the Hyades

With the sub-km/s precision of Gaia astrometry, we can resolve and model the internal kinematics of star clusters. I develop a new method based on principled Bayesian inference to model clusters more generally while simultaneously accounting for imperfect group membership via Gaussian Mixure model. Applying it to Hyades, we find velocity shear and anisotropic velocity dispersion.